Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 353 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, van, duck, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBDO (b) ODVB (c) BVDO (d) VDOB
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, glass, tiger? (a) Grab Tea Mice (b) Tea Grab Mice (c) Mice Grab Tea (d) Grab Mice Tea
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, cat, umbrella, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICUF (b) CIUF (c) FUCI (d) CUFI
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 290224726395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2902 4272 6395 (b) 9022 4726 395 (c) 2902 2472 26395 (d) 2902 2472 6395
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 629277778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 629 727 778 (b) 692 777 78 (c) 629 277 778 (d) 629 927 7778
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wet (c) Every Neat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Neat
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, doll, tomato, igloo, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLTIG (b) LDTIG (c) DTIGL (d) GITDL
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, duck, guava? (a) Dogs Goats Bakes (b) Bakes Dogs Goats (c) Goats Dogs Bakes (d) Dogs Bakes Goats
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, frog, wallet? (a) Uncle Fly Wins (b) Fly Wins Uncle (c) Fly Uncle Wins (d) Wins Fly Uncle
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Ants Eight (b) Eight Lions Pink Ants (c) Ants Pink Lions Eight (d) Lions Eight Pink Ants
21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, umpire, candle, owl, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POCUA (b) AUCOP (c) UACOP (d) UCOPA
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jump My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jump
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 400555167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 005 551 67 (b) 400 555 176 (c) 400 555 5167 (d) 400 555 167
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 2880702792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 288 070 7292 (b) 288 070 27792 (c) 288 070 2792 (d) 280 702 792
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 733731921412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7337 3192 4112 (b) 7373 1921 412 (c) 7337 3192 1412 (d) 7337 3192 14112
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, whistle, tomato? (a) Tea Wet Lazy (b) Lazy Wet Tea (c) Wet Lazy Tea (d) Wet Tea Lazy
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (b) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Mum All Jolly (c) Jolly Frogs Mum All (d) Frogs Jolly Mum All
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Love Every (c) Every Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Every
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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