Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 48 · 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 866103319645. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8661 0339 1645 (b) 8661 0331 9645 (c) 6610 3319 645 (d) 8866 1033 19645
2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9962555849. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 255 5849 (b) 996 255 55849 (c) 996 555 849 (d) 996 525 5849
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cook Eat Pigs Cats
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, mirror, umbrella? (a) Inside My Under (b) My Inside Under (c) Under My Inside (d) My Under Inside
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (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) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 359096333871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3590 9633 3871 (b) 3590 9363 3871 (c) 5909 6333 871 (d) 3590 9633 38871
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, orange, apple, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAOR (b) OALR (c) ORAL (d) ROAL
18. 18.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 742726232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 726 232 (b) 427 262 32 (c) 742 722 632 (d) 742 726 2232
21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, drum, jug, candle, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJCMO (b) ODJCM (c) MCJDO (d) DOJCM
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 137525018856. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1735 2501 8856 (b) 1375 2501 88856 (c) 1375 2501 8856 (d) 1752 5018 856
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, ant, rope, drum, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AORDV (b) VDRAO (c) ARDVO (d) OARDV
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, igloo, cat? (a) Crazy Inside Wise (b) Inside Wise Crazy (c) Wise Inside Crazy (d) Inside Crazy Wise
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 8836048112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 883 660 48112 (b) 883 604 1812 (c) 883 604 812 (d) 883 604 8112
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Ants Jump (b) Jump Fly My Ants (c) Fly Jump My Ants (d) Ants My Fly Jump
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pigs Cook (b) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (c) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Pigs Cook
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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