Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 231 · 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) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 7148331477. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 714 833 1477 (b) 714 331 477 (c) 714 833 14477 (d) 714 831 3477
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, frog, whistle? (a) Wise Fly Mice (b) Mice Fly Wise (c) Fly Wise Mice (d) Fly Mice Wise
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Sing Runs Love Frogs (c) Runs Sing Love Frogs (d) Sing Love Frogs Runs
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 139605217101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1396 0521 7101 (b) 1396 0522 17101 (c) 1396 0521 7110 (d) 3960 5217 101
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 198735005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 198 750 05 (b) 198 735 005 (c) 198 735 5005 (d) 198 730 505
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mice All (b) Fly Mice All Jump (c) Fly Jump Mice All (d) All Mice Fly Jump
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 528961469073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5286 1469 073 (b) 5228 9614 69073 (c) 5289 6146 9073 (d) 5289 6149 6073
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 213260606151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2132 6060 61551 (b) 1326 0606 151 (c) 2123 6060 6151 (d) 2132 6060 6151
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 6586141163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 658 611 41163 (b) 658 614 1163 (c) 685 614 1163 (d) 586 141 163
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (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) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, kettle, needle, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKNR (b) KSNR (c) RNKS (d) KNRS
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, ladder, ant? (a) Lions Aunty Jeeps (b) Lions Jeeps Aunty (c) Jeeps Lions Aunty (d) Aunty Lions Jeeps
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, jalebi, whistle? (a) Jolly Love Wins (b) Jolly Wins Love (c) Wins Jolly Love (d) Love Jolly Wins
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
27. 27.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 2537124032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 712 0432 (b) 253 712 432 (c) 253 712 4032 (d) 253 712 40322
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 725021658. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 725 022 1658 (b) 725 021 658 (c) 725 021 68 (d) 725 012 658
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 5888610089. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 588 610 089 (b) 588 861 0098 (c) 588 861 0089 (d) 558 886 10089
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, vase, ball, ant, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBAGJ (b) VJBAG (c) GABVJ (d) JVBAG
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, tiger, pencil? (a) Pigs Tiny My (b) Tiny My Pigs (c) My Tiny Pigs (d) Tiny Pigs My
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pink Ants (b) Eat Lions Pink Ants (c) Ants Pink Lions Eat (d) Lions Pink Ants Eat

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