Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 457 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 8102413060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 810 243 1060 (b) 810 241 3060 (c) 810 241 33060 (d) 810 243 060
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ball, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBWF (b) BWFK (c) FWBK (d) BKWF
3. 3.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, needle, tomato, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTNW (b) WNTB (c) NWTB (d) NTBW
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants (c) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat (d) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9315823834. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 582 834 (b) 931 583 2834 (c) 933 158 23834 (d) 931 582 3834
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, van, parrot? (a) Vines My Pink (b) Pink Vines My (c) My Vines Pink (d) Vines Pink My
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 126622563968. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1266 2256 3968 (b) 1266 2256 3986 (c) 1262 2563 968 (d) 1266 2256 33968
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 547917044. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 457 917 044 (b) 547 791 7044 (c) 547 917 044 (d) 547 917 44
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6695188641. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 518 86441 (b) 669 518 8461 (c) 669 588 641 (d) 669 518 8641
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, lemon, watch? (a) Love Grab Wins (b) Love Wins Grab (c) Grab Love Wins (d) Wins Love Grab
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, van, inkpot? (a) Goats Very Ink (b) Very Goats Ink (c) Very Ink Goats (d) Ink Very Goats
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 272291915428. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2722 9191 5428 (b) 2729 2191 5428 (c) 2722 2919 15428 (d) 2722 9195 428
27. 27.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔤 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, pillow, onion? (a) Play Old Fly (b) Old Play Fly (c) Fly Play Old (d) Play Fly Old
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pink All (b) Every Lions Pink All (c) Lions Pink All Every (d) All Pink Lions Every
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ball, orange, net, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNOBR (b) BROND (c) RBOND (d) BONDR
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Eight Play Ants (c) Lazy Play Ants Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play Ants
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
36. 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, bucket, tiger? (a) Old Big Tea (b) Big Old Tea (c) Tea Big Old (d) Big Tea Old
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wet Nani (b) Nani Eight Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eight Nani (d) Eight Nani Seven Wet
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, lamp, wallet, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRWF (b) RLWF (c) FWLR (d) LWFR

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