Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 201 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4489675947. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 489 675 947 (b) 448 967 75947 (c) 448 697 5947 (d) 448 967 5947
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, vase, flute? (a) Vans Fly Big (b) Vans Big Fly (c) Fly Vans Big (d) Big Vans Fly
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pigs All (b) Lions Pigs All Every (c) All Pigs Lions Every (d) Lions Every Pigs All
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, coconut, tomato, nest, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNTCW (b) WCTNP (c) CTNPW (d) CWTNP
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, umpire, goat? (a) Very Uncle Green (b) Uncle Green Very (c) Uncle Very Green (d) Green Uncle Very
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 591179875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 591 178 975 (b) 591 179 8755 (c) 591 179 875 (d) 911 798 75
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, doll, lemon, fan, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGLFB (b) DLFBG (c) BFLDG (d) GDLFB
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 941118552340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9411 1185 52340 (b) 9411 1855 2340 (c) 9411 8552 340 (d) 4911 1855 2340
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 1626850513. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 285 0513 (b) 162 685 0513 (c) 162 685 513 (d) 162 685 05133
23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Play All (b) Lions Play All Every (c) Lions Every Play All (d) All Play Lions Every
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1822256257. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 226 5257 (b) 822 256 257 (c) 182 225 6257 (d) 182 225 62577
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (b) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty (c) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 955101272. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 595 101 272 (b) 955 101 272 (c) 955 100 1272 (d) 955 101 22
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jolly (b) All My Fly Jolly (c) Fly Jolly My All (d) Jolly Fly My All
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Aunty Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My Aunty
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, drum, key? (a) Wise Dogs Kids (b) Dogs Kids Wise (c) Kids Dogs Wise (d) Dogs Wise Kids
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, key, coconut? (a) Kind Pink Cats (b) Pink Kind Cats (c) Kind Cats Pink (d) Cats Kind Pink
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, rose, umbrella, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VURS (b) RSUV (c) RUVS (d) SRUV
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Wet Goats Silly (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Wet Silly Goats

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