Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 980 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Silly (b) Green Wise Silly (c) Silly Wise Green (d) Wise Silly Green
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs All (b) All Pigs Lazy Every (c) Every Lazy Pigs All (d) Lazy Pigs All Every
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 219176136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 219 761 36 (b) 219 117 6136 (c) 129 176 136 (d) 219 176 136
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum All (b) Fly Mum All Jump (c) All Mum Fly Jump (d) Jump Fly Mum All
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, mango, wallet? (a) My Wise Cats (b) My Cats Wise (c) Wise My Cats (d) Cats My Wise
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 325405616. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 325 405 616 (b) 325 405 6166 (c) 324 056 16 (d) 325 045 616
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lazy Every (b) Lazy Play Ants Every (c) Lazy Every Play Ants (d) Every Lazy Play Ants
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, ice cream, jalebi, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJRP (b) IPJR (c) PIJR (d) RJIP
18. 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, bucket, needle? (a) Nine Big Pink (b) Pink Big Nine (c) Big Pink Nine (d) Big Nine Pink
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Silly Rani (c) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (d) Silly Rani Lazy Funny
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
27. 27.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mice Funny Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mice Ants (d) Jolly Funny Mice Ants
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2435262821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 243 526 62821 (b) 423 526 2821 (c) 243 526 281 (d) 243 526 2821
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Red (b) Red Seven Lions Funny (c) Seven Red Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Seven Red
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Fly Rani (b) Rani Seven Love Fly (c) Seven Rani Love Fly (d) Fly Love Seven Rani
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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