Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 475 · 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 a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, rope, coconut, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBRCV (b) SRCVB (c) BSRCV (d) VCRSB
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, tomato, banana, pencil, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATBPO (b) TBPOA (c) OPBTA (d) TABPO
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 123679953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 123 679 53 (b) 123 679 953 (c) 123 679 9553 (d) 123 769 953
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, banana, coconut? (a) Cats Big Neat (b) Big Cats Neat (c) Big Neat Cats (d) Neat Big Cats
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, glass, watch? (a) Goats Wet Funny (b) Wet Goats Funny (c) Goats Funny Wet (d) Funny Goats Wet
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 288398620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 288 398 620 (b) 288 398 60 (c) 828 398 620 (d) 288 839 8620
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Sing Rani (b) Sing Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Funny (d) Sing Rani Lazy Funny
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8639955948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 863 995 59948 (b) 863 959 5948 (c) 863 995 5948 (d) 863 995 548
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 8980163820. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 898 016 33820 (b) 898 016 382 (c) 898 016 3820 (d) 898 013 6820
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ladder, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLFG (b) GFLN (c) LNFG (d) LFGN
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, van, doll, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDNL (b) VLDN (c) NDVL (d) LVDN
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3318558241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 185 58241 (b) 318 558 241 (c) 313 855 8241 (d) 331 855 8241
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Cook (b) Eight Cook Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 990405294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 052 94 (b) 990 405 924 (c) 990 405 294 (d) 990 440 5294
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 640393300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 640 393 00 (b) 644 039 3300 (c) 640 393 300 (d) 640 393 030
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Seven Wet (b) Eat Seven Wet Nine (c) Nine Eat Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eat Nine
37. 37.🔤 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
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, onion, apple? (a) Old All Silly (b) All Old Silly (c) Old Silly All (d) Silly Old All
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 4759574037. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 447 595 74037 (b) 475 957 4037 (c) 475 957 437 (d) 475 957 4073
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, pillow, owl? (a) Pink Owls Mice (b) Owls Pink Mice (c) Mice Pink Owls (d) Pink Mice Owls

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