Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 270 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, watch, apple, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWAV (b) VAWB (c) WBAV (d) WAVB
2. 2.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7334168501. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 341 68501 (b) 733 416 801 (c) 733 461 8501 (d) 733 416 8501
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, banana, needle, duck, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BANDL (b) LDNBA (c) BNDLA (d) ABNDL
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, banana, apple, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PABL (b) BLAP (c) BAPL (d) LBAP
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Cook Pink Cats Eat (d) Cats Eat Pink Cook
13. 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, kettle, bucket, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVBF (b) FBKV (c) KBFV (d) VKBF
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Eat (b) All Pink Love Eat (c) Love Eat Pink All (d) Eat Love Pink All
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, key, parrot, bucket, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFPBA (b) FKPBA (c) ABPKF (d) KPBAF
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 742723458. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 723 4458 (b) 742 723 458 (c) 742 734 58 (d) 742 732 458
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Seven Wins (b) Eat Seven Wins Neat (c) Eat Neat Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eat Neat
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Silly (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Silly Wet Grab (d) Wet Silly Grab
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8812337508. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 337 508 (b) 881 233 75508 (c) 881 233 7508 (d) 881 323 7508
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, pillow, nest, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNGS (b) GNPS (c) SPNG (d) PSNG
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, drum, banana, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBVW (b) DWBV (c) WDBV (d) VBDW
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 100144676. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 144 4676 (b) 001 446 76 (c) 010 144 676 (d) 100 144 676
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pink Aunty (b) Love Pink Aunty Eat (c) Love Eat Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Love Eat
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 523280725. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 532 807 25 (b) 523 280 7225 (c) 523 280 725 (d) 532 280 725

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