Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 396 · 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 an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, cat, jalebi, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCJN (b) CJNF (c) CFJN (d) NJCF
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, sock, onion, watch, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAOWI (b) SOWIA (c) ASOWI (d) IWOSA
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 385387784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 387 78 (b) 385 387 784 (c) 338 538 7784 (d) 358 387 784
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Play Cook (b) Cook Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Play Cook Eat (d) Cats Eat Play Cook
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, mirror, umpire, vase, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTUVB (b) TMUVB (c) BVUMT (d) MUVBT
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, rope, onion? (a) Nine Runs Owls (b) Owls Runs Nine (c) Runs Nine Owls (d) Runs Owls Nine
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ 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
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Goats (b) Wise Seven Goats (c) Goats Wise Seven (d) Wise Goats Seven
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, pencil, lemon? (a) Play Vines Love (b) Play Love Vines (c) Vines Play Love (d) Love Play Vines
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, umpire, banana, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBUO (b) UBCO (c) UOBC (d) OUBC
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Fly Runs (b) Runs Seven Love Fly (c) Fly Love Seven Runs (d) Seven Runs Love Fly
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pink Aunty (b) Lions Pink Aunty Eat (c) Lions Eat Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lions Eat
29. 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Eat (b) Cook Eat Play Crazy (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Eat Cook Play Crazy
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Crazy (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 721136640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 721 136 640 (b) 721 136 40 (c) 721 136 6640 (d) 721 163 640
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, drum, owl, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOTV (b) DVOT (c) TODV (d) VDOT
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Fly Red (b) Fly Lions Sing Red (c) Red Sing Lions Fly (d) Sing Red Lions Fly
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, jalebi, wallet? (a) Jump Wise Nani (b) Wise Jump Nani (c) Nani Jump Wise (d) Jump Nani Wise
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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