Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 755 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 770655578. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 770 655 58 (b) 777 065 5578 (c) 770 655 578 (d) 770 565 578
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2365325483. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 532 5483 (b) 236 532 54883 (c) 235 632 5483 (d) 236 532 543
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 190713007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 713 007 (b) 109 713 007 (c) 190 071 3007 (d) 190 713 00
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, van, doll, tent, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTDVG (b) GVDTB (c) VDTBG (d) VGDTB
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, kite, net, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUKNA (b) UBKNA (c) ANKUB (d) UKNAB
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Cats Pink Cook (d) Cats Pink Cook Eight
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 935723393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 733 93 (b) 935 732 393 (c) 935 723 393 (d) 935 722 3393
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 9412190014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 941 210 014 (b) 941 129 0014 (c) 941 219 90014 (d) 941 219 0014
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 537630063601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5736 3006 3601 (b) 5376 6300 63601 (c) 5363 0063 601 (d) 5376 3006 3601
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 384548252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 548 252 (b) 384 582 52 (c) 384 548 2252 (d) 384 548 252
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 763081221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 763 081 221 (b) 736 081 221 (c) 763 081 2221 (d) 763 081 21
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, inkpot, rose, van, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRVNO (b) IORVN (c) NVRIO (d) OIRVN
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Grab (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Wise Seven Grab
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, needle, shoe? (a) Nani Ants Seven (b) Nani Seven Ants (c) Seven Nani Ants (d) Ants Nani Seven
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 675083047165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6750 8304 71165 (b) 6750 8304 7615 (c) 6750 8304 7165 (d) 6750 8304 715
33. 33.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 707022281109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7070 2228 81109 (b) 7070 2228 1109 (c) 7070 2228 119 (d) 7070 2228 1190
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9017762088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 776 2088 (b) 901 777 62088 (c) 910 776 2088 (d) 901 776 208
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Silly (b) Wins Silly Grab (c) Silly Wins Grab (d) Grab Wins Silly
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8881337709. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 133 7790 (b) 888 813 37709 (c) 888 133 7709 (d) 888 133 779
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3949527858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 394 952 8758 (b) 949 527 858 (c) 394 995 27858 (d) 394 952 7858

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