Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 350 · 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: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — 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) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 362677845132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6326 7784 5132 (b) 3626 7784 55132 (c) 3626 7784 5132 (d) 3627 7845 132
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, umbrella, drum, watch, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWDUG (b) UGDWM (c) GUDWM (d) UDWMG
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 756433604831. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7546 3360 4831 (b) 7564 3360 431 (c) 7564 3336 04831 (d) 7564 3360 4831
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 607208087041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6072 0808 7041 (b) 6072 0807 041 (c) 6007 2080 87041 (d) 6072 8008 7041
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, onion, umpire, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOUM (b) OUMB (c) OBUM (d) MUOB
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, guava, pillow? (a) Pink Goats Toys (b) Toys Goats Pink (c) Goats Toys Pink (d) Goats Pink Toys
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Red (b) Sing Red Love Fly (c) Fly Love Sing Red (d) Red Sing Love Fly
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 517002158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 002 158 (b) 517 000 2158 (c) 517 002 185 (d) 517 002 15
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2320318018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 031 8018 (b) 232 003 18018 (c) 230 231 8018 (d) 232 031 818
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 6990316148. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 699 036 1148 (b) 699 316 148 (c) 699 031 61448 (d) 699 031 6148
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, kite, drum? (a) Kids My Dogs (b) Dogs Kids My (c) Kids Dogs My (d) My Kids Dogs
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, tiger, candle? (a) Tiny Cats Green (b) Green Tiny Cats (c) Tiny Green Cats (d) Cats Tiny Green
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 325565230. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 556 5230 (b) 352 565 230 (c) 325 652 30 (d) 325 565 230
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 980563492. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 980 563 492 (b) 980 653 492 (c) 905 634 92 (d) 980 563 4992
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, coconut, flute? (a) Cook Tiny Fly (b) Cook Fly Tiny (c) Tiny Cook Fly (d) Fly Cook Tiny
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, cat, glass, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGJK (b) JGCK (c) KCGJ (d) CKGJ
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 138842907. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 133 884 2907 (b) 138 842 90 (c) 138 842 907 (d) 138 849 207
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, sock, umpire, key, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSUKF (b) SUKFV (c) FKUSV (d) SVUKF
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 913614340210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9161 4340 210 (b) 9136 1434 40210 (c) 9136 1434 0210 (d) 9316 1434 0210

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