Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 940 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mango, owl, shoe, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGOSD (b) MOSDG (c) GMOSD (d) DSOMG
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1737501090. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 750 10900 (b) 173 750 1090 (c) 713 750 1090 (d) 173 750 109
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play All (b) All Play Lions Every (c) Lions Play All Every (d) Every Lions Play All
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 3118107505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 810 7505 (b) 318 107 505 (c) 311 810 07505 (d) 311 801 7505
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, shoe, ant? (a) Silly Old Ants (b) Ants Silly Old (c) Silly Ants Old (d) Old Silly Ants
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Eat (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Eat Cook Play Crazy
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 435014370545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4350 1143 70545 (b) 4501 4370 545 (c) 4350 1437 5045 (d) 4350 1437 0545
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, ant, drum, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BADR (b) ADRB (c) RDAB (d) ABDR
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, rope, violin, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVTA (b) RAVT (c) TVRA (d) ARVT
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, jug, anchor? (a) Seven Jump Aunty (b) Jump Seven Aunty (c) Jump Aunty Seven (d) Aunty Jump Seven
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 6230792117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 079 2117 (b) 623 079 21117 (c) 620 792 117 (d) 623 709 2117
31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 418221805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 418 228 05 (b) 418 222 1805 (c) 418 221 805 (d) 481 221 805
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump My Ants (b) Jump Fly My Ants (c) Fly My Ants Jump (d) Ants My Fly Jump
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, vase, lemon? (a) Vines Love Tea (b) Vines Tea Love (c) Tea Vines Love (d) Love Vines Tea
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9695910680. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 969 519 0680 (b) 969 591 0680 (c) 966 959 10680 (d) 695 910 680
37. 37.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (c) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cook
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, kite, flute? (a) Kids Sing Funny (b) Kids Funny Sing (c) Funny Kids Sing (d) Sing Kids Funny

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