Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 912 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 608148064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 608 140 64 (b) 608 148 064 (c) 068 148 064 (d) 608 148 0064
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, duck, sock, needle, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDSNI (b) INSDR (c) DRSNI (d) DSNIR
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, goat, fan? (a) Green Vines Funny (b) Vines Green Funny (c) Funny Green Vines (d) Green Funny Vines
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 835457487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 457 7487 (b) 835 454 787 (c) 835 457 487 (d) 835 574 87
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wise
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 509716080266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5907 1608 0266 (b) 5097 1608 0266 (c) 5509 7160 80266 (d) 5097 1680 266
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, vase, guava, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVGA (b) VFGA (c) AGVF (d) VGAF
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 5622040038. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 566 220 40038 (b) 652 204 0038 (c) 562 204 0038 (d) 622 040 038
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 2783225741. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 278 322 741 (b) 728 322 5741 (c) 278 322 5741 (d) 277 832 25741
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 6066135055. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 606 613 5055 (b) 606 613 50555 (c) 606 613 0555 (d) 606 613 505
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, inkpot, rope? (a) Ice Vans Runs (b) Ice Runs Vans (c) Vans Ice Runs (d) Runs Ice Vans
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, net, jalebi? (a) Only Neat Jeeps (b) Neat Only Jeeps (c) Jeeps Neat Only (d) Neat Jeeps Only
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 462132711848. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4662 1327 11848 (b) 4621 3271 1884 (c) 4613 2711 848 (d) 4621 3271 1848
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, glass, ant? (a) Green Love Ants (b) Ants Green Love (c) Green Ants Love (d) Love Green Ants
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Sing Wet (b) Eat Sing Wet Nani (c) Eat Nani Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Nani
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 954356578122. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9543 5657 8122 (b) 9543 5657 1822 (c) 9543 5655 78122 (d) 9545 6578 122
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, cat, duck? (a) Cats Dogs Jolly (b) Dogs Cats Jolly (c) Jolly Cats Dogs (d) Cats Jolly Dogs
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cook
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jug, sock, kite, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJSKB (b) JCSKB (c) JSKBC (d) BKSJC
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Love Eat (b) Eat Love Play All (c) Love Eat Play All (d) Love Play All Eat

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