Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 995 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, lamp, umbrella, jug, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMUJV (b) VJULM (c) LUJVM (d) MLUJV
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 674025222970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6740 2522 2907 (b) 6740 2522 2970 (c) 6740 2522 22970 (d) 6740 2522 970
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Fly Red (b) Fly Lions Silly Red (c) Silly Red Lions Fly (d) Red Silly Lions Fly
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, whistle, glass? (a) Wise Goats Owls (b) Owls Wise Goats (c) Wise Owls Goats (d) Goats Wise Owls
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 6128901950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 612 890 150 (b) 621 890 1950 (c) 611 289 01950 (d) 612 890 1950
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 8955562255. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 895 556 255 (b) 895 556 2255 (c) 889 555 62255 (d) 895 556 2525
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, needle, watch, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWNB (b) BNWI (c) NBWI (d) NWIB
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 311396073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 339 6073 (b) 311 396 073 (c) 311 960 73 (d) 311 390 673
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, ant, watch, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWNI (b) AIWN (c) NWAI (d) IAWN
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, tent, van? (a) Very Tiny Green (b) Tiny Green Very (c) Green Tiny Very (d) Tiny Very Green
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Pigs All (b) Love Pigs All Every (c) Love Every Pigs All (d) All Pigs Love Every
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lemon, glass? (a) Lions Green Dad (b) Lions Dad Green (c) Green Lions Dad (d) Dad Lions Green
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
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) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 961928746. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 961 928 7466 (b) 961 928 746 (c) 619 287 46 (d) 969 128 746
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, cat, ball? (a) Cook Big Green (b) Green Cook Big (c) Cook Green Big (d) Big Cook Green
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 279141630990. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2791 4630 990 (b) 2791 4163 09900 (c) 2791 4163 0990 (d) 2791 4160 3990
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Nani (b) Nani Eat Sing Wins (c) Eat Nani Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Eat Nani
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Cook (b) Eight Cook Cook Pink (c) Cook Pink Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Pink Cook
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ladder, umbrella, shoe, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLUSD (b) LWUSD (c) DSULW (d) LUSDW
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, ice cream, parrot? (a) Crazy Inside Pink (b) Inside Crazy Pink (c) Inside Pink Crazy (d) Pink Inside Crazy
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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