Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 548 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 8970340811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 034 0811 (b) 897 034 08811 (c) 897 034 0811 (d) 870 340 811
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, apple, jeep? (a) Jump Aunty Wins (b) Aunty Jump Wins (c) Aunty Wins Jump (d) Wins Aunty Jump
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, banana, cat, guava, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGCBA (b) BACGR (c) BCGRA (d) ABCGR
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, bucket, drum? (a) Bakes Aunty Dance (b) Dance Bakes Aunty (c) Bakes Dance Aunty (d) Aunty Bakes Dance
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, frog, van? (a) Frogs Vines Red (b) Vines Frogs Red (c) Frogs Red Vines (d) Red Frogs Vines
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lazy Funny (b) Seven Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Seven Rani
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 682011278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 011 1278 (b) 620 112 78 (c) 682 011 278 (d) 628 011 278
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 157871715. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 578 717 15 (b) 115 787 1715 (c) 157 871 715 (d) 157 817 715
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Cook (b) Every Cook Cook Pink (c) Cook Every Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Every
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7022576196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 225 76196 (b) 702 257 6196 (c) 720 257 6196 (d) 702 256 196
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Frogs (b) Seven Lions Frogs Red (c) Red Seven Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Red
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 7446344141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 634 4141 (b) 744 633 44141 (c) 744 634 4411 (d) 744 644 141
27. 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Wins Seven Goats
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, banana, needle? (a) Big Nani Up (b) Up Big Nani (c) Nani Big Up (d) Big Up Nani
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 101298112652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1012 9811 2652 (b) 1019 8112 652 (c) 0112 9811 2652 (d) 1011 2981 12652
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 1659696158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 165 969 6158 (b) 165 969 1658 (c) 165 596 96158 (d) 165 969 615
38. 38.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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