Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 158 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 727630352315. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2776 3035 2315 (b) 7276 3035 2315 (c) 7276 3352 315 (d) 7276 3035 23155
2. 2.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps (b) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 707313211339. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7073 1321 1339 (b) 7073 1321 11339 (c) 7073 3121 1339 (d) 7073 1321 339
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Eat Pink Cook (c) Eat Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eat
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, inkpot, jug, fan, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICJFV (b) VFJIC (c) CIJFV (d) IJFVC
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice Aunty Jolly (b) Fly Jolly Mice Aunty (c) Jolly Fly Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Fly Jolly
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Silly (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Wins Silly Green
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, orange, lamp, flute, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOLFV (b) VFLOB (c) OBLFV (d) OLFVB
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, frog, kettle? (a) Funny Very Kids (b) Funny Kids Very (c) Kids Funny Very (d) Very Funny Kids
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 400570149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 570 1449 (b) 400 570 149 (c) 405 701 49 (d) 400 571 049
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, tomato, candle? (a) Toys Cats Mice (b) Toys Mice Cats (c) Cats Toys Mice (d) Mice Toys Cats
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7264870018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 726 478 0018 (b) 772 648 70018 (c) 726 480 018 (d) 726 487 0018
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 973700876136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9737 0087 6136 (b) 9737 0876 136 (c) 9737 0087 6316 (d) 9737 0008 76136
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 351442407. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 351 442 407 (b) 351 442 47 (c) 351 442 470 (d) 351 442 2407
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4109887127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 419 088 7127 (b) 419 887 127 (c) 410 988 77127 (d) 410 988 7127
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, whistle, mirror, tomato, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWMTN (b) NTMWF (c) WMTNF (d) WFMTN
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2661781446. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 718 1446 (b) 266 181 446 (c) 266 178 14446 (d) 266 178 1446
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Funny (b) Runs Silly Lions Funny (c) Silly Lions Funny Runs (d) Funny Lions Silly Runs
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, doll, sock? (a) Fly Dogs Sing (b) Dogs Fly Sing (c) Dogs Sing Fly (d) Sing Dogs Fly
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Ants Every (b) Ants Pigs Love Every (c) Love Every Pigs Ants (d) Every Love Pigs Ants
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Frogs Runs (b) Silly Runs Lazy Frogs (c) Runs Silly Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Silly Runs
38. 38.🧰 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
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 566043116112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5660 3411 6112 (b) 5660 4311 16112 (c) 5664 3116 112 (d) 5660 4311 6112
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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