Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 927 · 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: vase, tiger, drum? (a) Dance Tea Very (b) Very Tea Dance (c) Tea Dance Very (d) Tea Very Dance
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, parrot, duck? (a) Bakes Pigs Dogs (b) Pigs Dogs Bakes (c) Dogs Pigs Bakes (d) Pigs Bakes Dogs
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Play Crazy (c) Cook Play Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cook Play Crazy
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lions Funny (b) Rani Sing Lions Funny (c) Sing Lions Funny Rani (d) Funny Lions Sing Rani
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 546861265485. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5468 8612 65485 (b) 5468 6265 485 (c) 5468 6126 4585 (d) 5468 6126 5485
10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, ball, jalebi? (a) Seven Bakes Jeeps (b) Bakes Seven Jeeps (c) Jeeps Bakes Seven (d) Bakes Jeeps Seven
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, pencil, violin, frog, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFVPR (b) PVFJR (c) RPVFJ (d) PRVFJ
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 9679361184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 967 931 6184 (b) 967 936 11184 (c) 979 361 184 (d) 967 936 1184
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2061448325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 206 144 825 (b) 200 614 48325 (c) 206 144 8325 (d) 206 414 8325
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 9203687592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 368 7529 (b) 920 687 592 (c) 920 368 7592 (d) 992 036 87592
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, inkpot, jalebi? (a) Grab Ice Jolly (b) Ice Jolly Grab (c) Ice Grab Jolly (d) Jolly Ice Grab
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, pillow, vase? (a) Vans Pigs Dance (b) Pigs Vans Dance (c) Pigs Dance Vans (d) Dance Pigs Vans
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, rope, igloo, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIRD (b) RIAD (c) RDIA (d) DRIA
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ 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 Goats Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Seven Goats
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 957141310007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9571 4131 0007 (b) 9557 1413 10007 (c) 9571 4131 007 (d) 9751 4131 0007
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Love Frogs (b) Silly Red Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Silly Red (d) Silly Love Frogs Red
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, spoon, rope? (a) Rani Silly Funny (b) Silly Rani Funny (c) Funny Silly Rani (d) Silly Funny Rani
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, bucket, mango? (a) Big My Owls (b) Owls Big My (c) My Big Owls (d) Big Owls My
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jump (b) Funny Jump My All (c) Jump Funny My All (d) Funny My All Jump
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, frog, doll? (a) Dance Funny Red (b) Funny Dance Red (c) Red Funny Dance (d) Funny Red Dance

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