Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 932 · 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.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, apple, shoe, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASIJ (b) ISAJ (c) JASI (d) AJSI
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 124589583550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1124 5895 83550 (b) 1254 8958 3550 (c) 2458 9583 550 (d) 1245 8958 3550
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, ice cream, nest, orange, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CONIG (b) IGNOC (c) INOCG (d) GINOC
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, igloo, orange? (a) Wins Inside Old (b) Inside Wins Old (c) Old Inside Wins (d) Inside Old Wins
10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Eight Nine (b) Eight Silly Wet Nine (c) Nine Eight Silly Wet (d) Eight Nine Silly Wet
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Every (b) Love Every Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Love Every (d) Every Love Play Aunty
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, wallet, anchor? (a) Wise All Seven (b) Seven Wise All (c) Wise Seven All (d) All Wise Seven
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Every (b) Cook Every Pink Crazy (c) Cook Pink Crazy Every (d) Every Cook Pink Crazy
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 194000824. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 194 000 24 (b) 194 000 0824 (c) 194 000 824 (d) 194 000 842
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Funny Jump (c) Funny Mice Aunty Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice Aunty
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Lions Pigs Ants Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Ants
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 491131706. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 491 131 706 (b) 491 113 1706 (c) 419 131 706 (d) 491 131 70
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, ladder, shoe? (a) Lazy Sing Nine (b) Nine Lazy Sing (c) Lazy Nine Sing (d) Sing Lazy Nine
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 6899077153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 689 907 7513 (b) 689 907 71533 (c) 689 907 7153 (d) 689 907 753
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 684993111236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8649 9311 1236 (b) 6849 9311 1236 (c) 6849 3111 236 (d) 6849 9931 11236
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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