Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 23 · 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.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (d) Eat Cats Pigs Cook
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 8607211930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 860 721 11930 (b) 860 721 9130 (c) 860 711 930 (d) 860 721 1930
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mirror, banana, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLBV (b) MBVL (c) LMBV (d) VBML
6. 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ice cream, urn, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIUW (b) IUWD (c) WUID (d) IDUW
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, cat, tomato? (a) Tea Cats Kind (b) Cats Tea Kind (c) Cats Kind Tea (d) Kind Cats Tea
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, doll, cat, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDCA (b) ACDF (c) DFCA (d) DCAF
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 8906762677. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 890 762 677 (b) 890 672 6677 (c) 890 067 62677 (d) 890 676 2677
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, goat, lamp, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGLK (b) GLKA (c) GALK (d) KLGA
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 740858670411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7405 8670 411 (b) 4708 5867 0411 (c) 7408 5867 0411 (d) 7408 8586 70411
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, drum, needle? (a) Big Dance Neat (b) Neat Dance Big (c) Dance Big Neat (d) Dance Neat Big
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wet Nani (b) Nani Eight Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eight Nani (d) Eight Nani Sing Wet
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 503795517146. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5003 7955 17146 (b) 5037 9551 746 (c) 5037 9551 7416 (d) 5037 9551 7146
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6005032620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 600 503 6220 (b) 600 503 620 (c) 600 550 32620 (d) 600 503 2620
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 321307034907. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3123 0703 4907 (b) 3213 0703 497 (c) 3213 3070 34907 (d) 3213 0703 4907

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