Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 981 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 603241242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 603 241 242 (b) 603 241 24 (c) 603 241 2242 (d) 603 214 242
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, umbrella, tomato? (a) Funny Up Tiny (b) Tiny Up Funny (c) Up Funny Tiny (d) Up Tiny Funny
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, pencil, lemon? (a) Play Dad Lions (b) Dad Play Lions (c) Lions Play Dad (d) Play Lions Dad
8. 8.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 501345231697. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5014 3523 1697 (b) 5013 4523 1697 (c) 5013 4521 697 (d) 5013 4522 31697
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, banana, tomato? (a) Bakes Tea Love (b) Bakes Love Tea (c) Tea Bakes Love (d) Love Bakes Tea
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Sing (b) Wins Grab Sing (c) Sing Wins Grab (d) Wins Sing Grab
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pigs All (b) All Pigs Love Eat (c) Love Pigs All Eat (d) Love Eat Pigs All
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, kite, jug? (a) Jolly Kids All (b) All Kids Jolly (c) Kids Jolly All (d) Kids All Jolly
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, tomato, onion? (a) Tiny Under Owls (b) Under Tiny Owls (c) Owls Tiny Under (d) Tiny Owls Under
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Green Wet Sing
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, ant, mirror? (a) Jump Aunty My (b) Aunty Jump My (c) My Aunty Jump (d) Aunty My Jump
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 626358315979. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6263 5831 5979 (b) 6265 8315 979 (c) 6263 5583 15979 (d) 6265 3831 5979
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 297975581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 927 975 581 (b) 297 975 581 (c) 297 975 5581 (d) 297 975 81
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 691473600522. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6914 7360 052 (b) 6914 7306 0522 (c) 6914 7360 0522 (d) 6991 4736 00522
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy (c) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 960022435. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 960 202 435 (b) 960 022 35 (c) 960 022 435 (d) 960 002 2435
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, violin, umbrella? (a) Up Vines Dogs (b) Dogs Vines Up (c) Vines Up Dogs (d) Vines Dogs Up
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6411619088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 161 19088 (b) 641 619 088 (c) 641 161 9088 (d) 641 161 9808
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, sock, parrot? (a) Uncle Seven Pink (b) Pink Seven Uncle (c) Seven Uncle Pink (d) Seven Pink Uncle
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Funny (b) Seven Lions Funny Rani (c) Funny Lions Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Lions Funny
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV

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