Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 922 · 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: goat, watch, pencil? (a) Grab Wins Pink (b) Wins Pink Grab (c) Pink Wins Grab (d) Wins Grab Pink
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, guava, nest, kettle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKNGP (b) GPNKV (c) PGNKV (d) GNKVP
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 397399927. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 373 999 27 (b) 379 399 927 (c) 397 339 9927 (d) 397 399 927
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 358733878. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 338 78 (b) 385 733 878 (c) 358 733 8878 (d) 358 733 878
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, frog, mango, bucket, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMBSN (b) SBMFN (c) NFMBS (d) FNMBS
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 960898932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 960 898 93 (b) 960 889 8932 (c) 968 098 932 (d) 960 898 932
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, watch, anchor? (a) All Wise Play (b) Play Wise All (c) Wise All Play (d) Wise Play All
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, onion, vase? (a) Only Dance Very (b) Dance Only Very (c) Only Very Dance (d) Very Only Dance
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cats (b) Every Cats Cats Pink (c) Every Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, ant, onion? (a) All Crazy Old (b) Old All Crazy (c) All Old Crazy (d) Crazy All Old
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, wallet, anchor? (a) Neat Wise All (b) Wise All Neat (c) All Wise Neat (d) Wise Neat All
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 9660300714. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 603 00714 (b) 966 000 714 (c) 966 030 0714 (d) 696 030 0714
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, ice cream, whistle? (a) Wins Ice Ants (b) Ants Ice Wins (c) Ice Wins Ants (d) Ice Ants Wins
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, igloo, ant? (a) Ink Runs All (b) Ink All Runs (c) Runs Ink All (d) All Ink Runs
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, fan, onion? (a) Old Fly Vans (b) Fly Vans Old (c) Fly Old Vans (d) Vans Fly Old
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Seven Wins (b) Eat Neat Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Eat Neat (d) Eat Seven Wins Neat
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, spoon, apple? (a) Seven Grab All (b) All Seven Grab (c) Grab Seven All (d) Seven All Grab
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 9740989066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 740 989 066 (b) 974 098 9066 (c) 974 098 89066 (d) 974 098 9606
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 365985924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 598 5924 (b) 365 985 924 (c) 365 989 524 (d) 365 989 24
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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