Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 239 · 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 rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, jalebi, duck? (a) Jolly Kind Dad (b) Kind Jolly Dad (c) Jolly Dad Kind (d) Dad Jolly Kind
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5421346292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 542 146 292 (b) 542 134 66292 (c) 542 134 6292 (d) 542 314 6292
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, flute, tomato, banana, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBTFL (b) FTBRL (c) FLTBR (d) LFTBR
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, tomato, van, kite, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STVKO (b) OKVTS (c) TSVKO (d) TVKOS
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Love Eat (c) Love Pigs Aunty Eat (d) Eat Love Pigs Aunty
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, sock, vase, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSVA (b) AVST (c) STVA (d) SVAT
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 848579748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 848 579 748 (b) 488 579 748 (c) 885 797 48 (d) 848 579 7448
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
14. 14.🧰 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) an acronym word (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4737282360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 473 722 8360 (b) 737 282 360 (c) 473 728 2360 (d) 473 772 82360
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 289623581903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2896 2358 19003 (b) 2896 2358 1903 (c) 2896 2358 1930 (d) 2862 3581 903
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, lamp, watch, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMWB (b) BWLM (c) MLWB (d) LWBM
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, watch, tomato, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTWU (b) WUTR (c) UWTR (d) WTRU
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, coconut, mango, violin, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVMCA (b) CAMVU (c) ACMVU (d) CMVUA
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Every (b) Cook Every Pink Cats (c) Every Cook Pink Cats (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, jug, rose? (a) Runs Jolly Cats (b) Jolly Runs Cats (c) Cats Jolly Runs (d) Jolly Cats Runs
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, ant, violin, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVWI (b) IAVW (c) AIVW (d) WVAI
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, guava, net, tiger, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTNGV (b) GNTDV (c) VGNTD (d) GVNTD
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 985337108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 337 7108 (b) 985 337 18 (c) 985 373 108 (d) 985 337 108
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 942847161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 942 841 761 (b) 942 884 7161 (c) 928 471 61 (d) 942 847 161
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eat (b) Cats Eat Play Crazy (c) Eat Cats Play Crazy (d) Cats Play Crazy Eat
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 553559125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 553 559 9125 (b) 553 559 152 (c) 553 559 125 (d) 553 559 15
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ball, mirror, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMNF (b) NMBF (c) FBMN (d) BFMN
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 323958371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 958 371 (b) 339 583 71 (c) 323 958 731 (d) 323 395 8371
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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