Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 993 · 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 already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, guava, candle? (a) Grab Crazy Jolly (b) Grab Jolly Crazy (c) Jolly Grab Crazy (d) Crazy Grab Jolly
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
8. 8.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 326206551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 326 265 51 (b) 326 206 551 (c) 326 206 5511 (d) 326 206 515
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (c) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (d) Runs Seven Lazy Fly
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, radio, ice cream? (a) Rani Inside Dance (b) Rani Dance Inside (c) Inside Rani Dance (d) Dance Rani Inside
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Frogs Red (b) Red Sing Lions Frogs (c) Sing Red Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Sing Red
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, urn, wallet? (a) Uncle Tea Wins (b) Wins Uncle Tea (c) Uncle Wins Tea (d) Tea Uncle Wins
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Every (b) Cats Every Pink Crazy (c) Every Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Pink Crazy Every
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 911811462. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 114 62 (b) 911 181 1462 (c) 918 111 462 (d) 911 811 462
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wins Nani (b) Nani Eight Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Eight Nani (d) Eight Nani Seven Wins
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, doll, ball? (a) Bunny Dogs Mum (b) Dogs Mum Bunny (c) Dogs Bunny Mum (d) Mum Dogs Bunny
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Neat (b) Eat Neat Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eat Neat (d) Neat Eat Silly Wise
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 7489044810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 748 904 410 (b) 748 904 4810 (c) 784 904 4810 (d) 744 890 44810
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 262209117015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2622 9117 015 (b) 2622 0911 7015 (c) 2622 0917 1015 (d) 2622 0911 17015
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 506458900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 445 8900 (b) 506 485 900 (c) 564 589 00 (d) 506 458 900
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 278449711. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 278 444 9711 (b) 278 497 11 (c) 278 449 711 (d) 278 447 911
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) Green Wet Silly (c) Wet Silly Green (d) Wet Green Silly
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, banana, ladder, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLBR (b) BLJR (c) BRLJ (d) RBLJ
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 290026612030. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2900 6261 2030 (b) 2900 2661 2030 (c) 2990 0266 12030 (d) 2900 2612 030

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