Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 929 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, jeep, tent? (a) Jump Old Tiny (b) Jump Tiny Old (c) Old Jump Tiny (d) Tiny Jump Old
4. 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, apple, rope, flute, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFRAO (b) AORFV (c) ARFVO (d) OARFV
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Wise Silly Goats (d) Goats Wise Silly
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, van, ladder? (a) Lazy Vans Tiny (b) Vans Tiny Lazy (c) Tiny Vans Lazy (d) Vans Lazy Tiny
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, cat, umpire, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUKD (b) KUCD (c) DCUK (d) CDUK
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, banana, violin? (a) Big Very Grab (b) Very Big Grab (c) Grab Big Very (d) Big Grab Very
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 394743788. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 394 747 388 (b) 394 743 3788 (c) 394 747 88 (d) 394 743 788
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, ball, vase? (a) Bunny Very Dad (b) Dad Bunny Very (c) Bunny Dad Very (d) Very Bunny Dad
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 2466010029. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 601 0092 (b) 246 601 0029 (c) 246 660 10029 (d) 246 600 029
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, key, violin? (a) Kind Vines Wins (b) Wins Kind Vines (c) Kind Wins Vines (d) Vines Kind Wins
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2411513073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 241 151 30073 (b) 241 151 307 (c) 214 151 3073 (d) 241 151 3073
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, coconut, kite, jalebi, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVKJF (b) FJKCV (c) VCKJF (d) CKJFV
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, rope, owl, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROPM (b) MROP (c) PORM (d) RMOP
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs All Every (b) All Pigs Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pigs All (d) Lions Every Pigs All
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jalebi, ball, mirror, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMBJS (b) JSBMA (c) JBMAS (d) SJBMA
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Sing Wet Goats (d) Wet Sing Goats

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