Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 914 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, shoe, ice cream? (a) Ink Sing Crazy (b) Sing Crazy Ink (c) Crazy Sing Ink (d) Sing Ink Crazy
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eight Nani (b) Eight Seven Wet Nani (c) Nani Eight Seven Wet (d) Eight Nani Seven Wet
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, goat, jalebi? (a) Goats Jump Fly (b) Fly Goats Jump (c) Goats Fly Jump (d) Jump Goats Fly
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Eight
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eat
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 7386582751. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 738 655 82751 (b) 738 652 751 (c) 738 658 2751 (d) 738 685 2751
12. 12.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Green (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Green Wet Sing
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 151122001801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1511 2200 8101 (b) 1511 2200 1801 (c) 1511 2200 101 (d) 1511 2200 01801
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, frog, glass, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPGI (b) PFGI (c) IGFP (d) FGIP
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, goat, onion, needle, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GONWT (b) TGONW (c) WNOGT (d) GTONW
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 310770027. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 770 027 (b) 310 770 072 (c) 310 770 07 (d) 310 077 0027
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 670553626. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 553 626 (b) 670 553 66 (c) 670 553 6626 (d) 675 053 626
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs My Ants (b) Frogs My Ants Jump (c) Frogs Jump My Ants (d) Ants My Frogs Jump
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, nest, jalebi, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNJC (b) NJCW (c) CJNW (d) NWJC
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, lemon, tomato, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTLO (b) LTGO (c) LOTG (d) OLTG
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, fan, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSFP (b) PFGS (c) SGFP (d) GFPS
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, needle, key? (a) Kids Nine Owls (b) Owls Nine Kids (c) Nine Owls Kids (d) Nine Kids Owls
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (c) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (d) Cook Eight Pigs Cook
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Rani (b) Silly Lions Fly Rani (c) Silly Rani Lions Fly (d) Rani Silly Lions Fly
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4879501805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 950 1805 (b) 487 950 01805 (c) 487 950 1805 (d) 879 501 805
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Eat (b) Cook Eat Pink Cook (c) Eat Cook Pink Cook (d) Eat Cook Cook Pink
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 122910548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 915 48 (b) 122 910 0548 (c) 122 901 548 (d) 122 910 548
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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