Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 948 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Pink Cook (d) Eight Cook Cook Pink
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Pink Crazy (b) Eight Crazy Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Pink Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pink Crazy
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Eat (b) Eat Lazy Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Eat Play Aunty
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Sing Wise Grab (c) Grab Wise Sing (d) Wise Grab Sing
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 969869285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 698 692 85 (b) 969 869 285 (c) 969 886 9285 (d) 699 869 285
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, urn, jug, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URJP (b) PJUR (c) RUJP (d) UJPR
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 703329204991. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7033 2920 499 (b) 7033 2920 4991 (c) 7033 3292 04991 (d) 7033 2920 9491
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wise
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Sing Runs (b) Sing Runs Lazy Frogs (c) Sing Lazy Frogs Runs (d) Runs Sing Lazy Frogs
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Frogs (b) Seven Rani Lions Frogs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Rani (d) Frogs Lions Seven Rani
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, jalebi, banana? (a) Jolly Vines Big (b) Jolly Big Vines (c) Big Jolly Vines (d) Vines Jolly Big
24. 24.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, guava, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAGO (b) GAFO (c) GOAF (d) OGAF
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 4323413117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 413 117 (b) 432 341 3117 (c) 432 341 3171 (d) 443 234 13117
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, lemon, banana, igloo, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDBIG (b) DLBIG (c) LBIGD (d) GIBLD
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, whistle, spoon, bucket, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPSBG (b) PWSBG (c) GBSWP (d) WSBGP
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 122582740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 582 740 (b) 112 258 2740 (c) 122 852 740 (d) 122 582 40
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 281468579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 281 465 79 (b) 281 648 579 (c) 281 468 5799 (d) 281 468 579
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Green (b) Wet Silly Green (c) Wet Green Silly (d) Green Wet Silly
38. 38.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, sock, guava? (a) Sing Grab Dance (b) Sing Dance Grab (c) Grab Sing Dance (d) Dance Sing Grab
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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