Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 109 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Seven Goats
2. 2.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5858154241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 588 581 54241 (b) 585 815 4241 (c) 585 814 5241 (d) 858 154 241
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, coconut, drum? (a) Cats My Dance (b) Dance Cats My (c) Cats Dance My (d) My Cats Dance
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 118461793. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 461 79 (b) 118 461 739 (c) 118 461 7793 (d) 118 461 793
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, glass, umbrella? (a) Wise Goats Uncle (b) Goats Wise Uncle (c) Goats Uncle Wise (d) Uncle Goats Wise
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 704803505011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7048 8035 05011 (b) 7048 0350 5011 (c) 7048 3050 5011 (d) 7048 0350 511
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, kite, ant, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGAJ (b) KAJG (c) GKAJ (d) JAKG
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 931279506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 795 06 (b) 931 279 506 (c) 931 279 5006 (d) 931 275 906
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Cats (b) Eight Cook Play Cats (c) Cook Play Cats Eight (d) Cats Play Cook Eight
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, orange, pillow, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPIW (b) IPOW (c) OWPI (d) WOPI
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, igloo, rose? (a) Red Ice Neat (b) Ice Neat Red (c) Ice Red Neat (d) Neat Ice Red
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jeep, cat, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCJO (b) JCMO (c) JOCM (d) OJCM
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, frog, shoe, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTSD (b) DSFT (c) FSDT (d) TFSD
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, orange, flute, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFOU (b) OFJU (c) UOFJ (d) OUFJ
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5145351453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 514 535 1453 (b) 541 535 1453 (c) 514 535 11453 (d) 514 535 153
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, candle, fan, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFBS (b) BFCS (c) SCFB (d) CSFB
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, rope, mango? (a) Runs My Ice (b) Runs Ice My (c) My Runs Ice (d) Ice Runs My
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 991286972429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9912 8697 24429 (b) 9912 8697 2429 (c) 9912 6897 2429 (d) 9928 6972 429
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, jeep, rose? (a) Jeeps Kids Runs (b) Jeeps Runs Kids (c) Runs Jeeps Kids (d) Kids Jeeps Runs
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, ladder, pillow, kite, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKPLO (b) OLPKB (c) LPKBO (d) LOPKB
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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