Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 525 · 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: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, cat, mango, watch, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMWKB (b) KWMCB (c) CBMWK (d) BCMWK
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Love Fly (b) Fly Love Seven Red (c) Red Seven Love Fly (d) Seven Love Fly Red
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 955441049378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9554 4104 9387 (b) 9554 4104 9378 (c) 9554 4104 49378 (d) 9554 4104 937
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 623239502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 239 502 (b) 623 239 052 (c) 232 395 02 (d) 623 239 5502
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Goats Wise Sing (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, tomato, jug, ladder, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLJTR (b) RTJLF (c) TJLFR (d) TRJLF
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 787113063. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 787 110 63 (b) 787 113 063 (c) 787 111 3063 (d) 778 113 063
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
14. 14.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, van, banana, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBUG (b) VGBU (c) UBVG (d) GVBU
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jeeps (b) Jeeps Frogs My All (c) Frogs My All Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps My All
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 691842608169. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6918 4260 8619 (b) 6918 4260 8169 (c) 6918 4260 169 (d) 6918 4426 08169
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 791914077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 791 940 77 (b) 791 914 077 (c) 791 941 077 (d) 791 991 4077
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cats (c) Every Crazy Play Cats (d) Cats Play Crazy Every
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 256663160. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 663 160 (b) 265 663 160 (c) 225 666 3160 (d) 256 663 16
24. 24.✏️ 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Seven Wise (c) Eight Nani Seven Wise (d) Eight Seven Wise Nani
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, rose, jalebi? (a) Jump Rani Tea (b) Rani Tea Jump (c) Tea Rani Jump (d) Rani Jump Tea
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 623816728. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 816 7228 (b) 623 167 28 (c) 628 316 728 (d) 623 816 728
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, pillow, fan? (a) Play Fly Neat (b) Fly Play Neat (c) Play Neat Fly (d) Neat Play Fly
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Wins Green Sing (d) Sing Wins Green
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, radio, violin, onion, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVOIN (b) IOVRN (c) RNVOI (d) NRVOI
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 455970265281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4555 9702 65281 (b) 4559 7065 281 (c) 4559 7026 5281 (d) 4559 7026 2581
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 570709352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 750 709 352 (b) 570 709 9352 (c) 577 093 52 (d) 570 709 352
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 924336217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 924 363 217 (b) 924 336 217 (c) 924 336 2217 (d) 924 336 21

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