Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 930 · 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) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, van, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVOC (b) COVS (c) VOCS (d) VSOC
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 166140920066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1661 4009 20066 (b) 1614 0920 066 (c) 1661 4090 2066 (d) 1661 4092 0066
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
15. 15.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, watch, drum? (a) Dogs Wins Sing (b) Wins Sing Dogs (c) Sing Wins Dogs (d) Wins Dogs Sing
17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2341075611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 243 107 5611 (b) 234 107 511 (c) 234 107 55611 (d) 234 107 5611
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat (b) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (d) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, net, anchor? (a) All Nani Silly (b) Nani Silly All (c) Nani All Silly (d) Silly Nani All
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, owl, guava, monkey, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMGOI (b) OIGMA (c) IOGMA (d) OGMAI
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, apple, inkpot? (a) Ants Up Inside (b) Up Ants Inside (c) Inside Ants Up (d) Ants Inside Up
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, bucket, kettle, needle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKNGO (b) OBKNG (c) BOKNG (d) GNKBO
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 561211197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 516 211 197 (b) 561 211 197 (c) 561 211 19 (d) 561 121 1197
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eat Nine (b) Nine Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Nine Silly Wise (d) Eat Silly Wise Nine
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 5401820047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 540 118 20047 (b) 540 820 047 (c) 540 182 0074 (d) 540 182 0047
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5803413149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 503 413 149 (b) 580 341 3149 (c) 580 343 1149 (d) 580 341 31449
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 209592573. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 209 592 573 (b) 209 592 5773 (c) 095 925 73 (d) 290 592 573
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wins Nani (b) Nani Eight Seven Wins (c) Eight Nani Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eight Nani
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 479500501. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 795 005 01 (b) 479 500 0501 (c) 479 500 510 (d) 479 500 501
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 557351400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 531 400 (b) 557 351 40 (c) 557 351 1400 (d) 557 351 400
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Seven Goats

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