Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 925 · 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 steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jalebi, lamp, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLJW (b) WJLD (c) JWLD (d) JLDW
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, igloo, spoon, rose, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWSRN (b) ISRNW (c) NRSIW (d) WISRN
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 283342292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 283 334 2292 (b) 283 322 92 (c) 283 342 292 (d) 238 342 292
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, jug, inkpot? (a) Jolly Ice Pigs (b) Pigs Jolly Ice (c) Ice Jolly Pigs (d) Jolly Pigs Ice
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, cat, tent, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJTB (b) JCTB (c) BTCJ (d) CTBJ
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 905326054702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9053 2605 472 (b) 9053 2605 4702 (c) 9053 2065 4702 (d) 9053 2605 47022
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 3683792441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 368 397 2441 (b) 368 379 2441 (c) 336 837 92441 (d) 368 379 241
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 982071115482. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9802 7111 5482 (b) 9807 1115 482 (c) 9820 7111 5482 (d) 9882 0711 15482
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, tiger, bucket? (a) Dance Tiny Bunny (b) Tiny Dance Bunny (c) Bunny Tiny Dance (d) Tiny Bunny Dance
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7808503831. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 788 050 3831 (b) 780 803 831 (c) 780 850 3831 (d) 780 850 38311
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 732222256. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 732 222 526 (b) 732 222 56 (c) 732 222 256 (d) 732 222 2256
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 454360477882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4543 6604 77882 (b) 4546 3047 7882 (c) 4543 6047 7882 (d) 4543 6047 782
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, monkey, lamp, tomato, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMLTC (b) MOLTC (c) MLTCO (d) CTLMO
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 460040404904. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4600 4040 49904 (b) 4600 4040 490 (c) 4600 4040 4904 (d) 4600 4040 4094
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Goats (b) Goats Wins Sing (c) Sing Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Sing
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, drum, umbrella, goat, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGUDO (b) DOUGP (c) ODUGP (d) DUGPO
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 196201790972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1962 0179 09772 (b) 1962 0179 0972 (c) 1962 0197 0972 (d) 1962 1790 972
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, radio, apple, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VARD (b) RAVD (c) RDAV (d) DRAV
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG

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