Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 248 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 606097624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 606 097 24 (b) 606 609 7624 (c) 606 097 624 (d) 606 907 624
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, igloo, vase, umpire, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGVUO (b) IVUOG (c) OUVIG (d) GIVUO
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 189568826. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 189 568 8266 (b) 189 568 826 (c) 198 568 826 (d) 895 688 26
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 675919968087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6759 1968 087 (b) 6759 1969 8087 (c) 6759 9199 68087 (d) 6759 1996 8087
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Every Neat (b) Neat Every Seven Wins (c) Every Seven Wins Neat (d) Every Neat Seven Wins
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 628030750194. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6803 0750 194 (b) 6280 0375 0194 (c) 6288 0307 50194 (d) 6280 3075 0194
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 324289508832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3242 8950 832 (b) 3242 8950 8832 (c) 3242 8950 8382 (d) 3242 8950 88332
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, orange, shoe? (a) Old Silly Jump (b) Silly Old Jump (c) Jump Old Silly (d) Old Jump Silly
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Goats Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Goats
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, wallet, frog? (a) Wet Frogs All (b) Wet All Frogs (c) All Wet Frogs (d) Frogs Wet All
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, cat, tomato, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTKM (b) MCTK (c) CMTK (d) KTCM
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Seven (b) Grab Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Seven Wins Grab
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, tomato, owl? (a) Very Tiny Owls (b) Tiny Very Owls (c) Tiny Owls Very (d) Owls Tiny Very
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 3649339860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 493 39860 (b) 364 933 960 (c) 364 393 9860 (d) 364 933 9860
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, whistle, tomato? (a) Toys Wise Kind (b) Wise Kind Toys (c) Kind Wise Toys (d) Wise Toys Kind
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, violin, flute? (a) Funny Vans Ice (b) Ice Vans Funny (c) Vans Funny Ice (d) Vans Ice Funny
40. 40.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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