Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 495 · 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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, kite, flute? (a) Frogs Kind Cats (b) Cats Kind Frogs (c) Kind Cats Frogs (d) Kind Frogs Cats
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, inkpot, apple, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IAVD (b) VAID (c) IDAV (d) DIAV
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 8203020268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 302 028 (b) 280 302 0268 (c) 820 302 0268 (d) 820 330 20268
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Wet Green Seven (c) Green Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Green
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 738878941849. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7388 7894 8149 (b) 7388 7894 18449 (c) 7388 7894 1849 (d) 7388 7894 149
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (b) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (c) Eight Lions Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eight
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 554907144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 554 907 1444 (b) 545 907 144 (c) 554 907 144 (d) 559 071 44
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, ant, mango, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMCO (b) OAMC (c) CMAO (d) AOMC
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Green Wet Sing (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Sing Wet Green
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, needle, spoon, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNSB (b) NSBP (c) BSNP (d) NPSB
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, violin, pillow? (a) Vines Big Pink (b) Big Vines Pink (c) Pink Vines Big (d) Vines Pink Big
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 256258524537. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2562 2585 24537 (b) 2562 5852 4537 (c) 2562 5582 4537 (d) 2562 5852 437
32. 32.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 657570059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 570 059 (b) 657 570 0559 (c) 657 570 095 (d) 655 700 59
34. 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 937817288. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 937 812 88 (b) 937 817 2888 (c) 397 817 288 (d) 937 817 288
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, vase, nest? (a) Vines Neat Rani (b) Rani Vines Neat (c) Vines Rani Neat (d) Neat Vines Rani
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, urn, parrot, van, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVPUR (b) URPVN (c) UPVNR (d) RUPVN
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence

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