Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 758 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pencil, rope, bucket, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRBMF (b) FPRBM (c) MBRPF (d) PFRBM
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, kettle, coconut? (a) Crazy Kites Bakes (b) Kites Crazy Bakes (c) Kites Bakes Crazy (d) Bakes Kites Crazy
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 7290216599. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 772 902 16599 (b) 729 021 6599 (c) 729 021 6959 (d) 729 021 599
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, bucket, cat, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCBJ (b) BJCV (c) BCVJ (d) JBCV
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, anchor, tomato? (a) Seven Aunty Tea (b) Aunty Seven Tea (c) Aunty Tea Seven (d) Tea Aunty Seven
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 898748111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 898 748 111 (b) 889 748 111 (c) 898 748 1111 (d) 898 481 11
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2288746254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 876 4254 (b) 228 874 6254 (c) 222 887 46254 (d) 228 746 254
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 990312074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 990 031 2074 (b) 990 312 074 (c) 990 312 047 (d) 990 120 74
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 668645571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 666 455 71 (b) 668 645 5711 (c) 668 645 571 (d) 686 645 571
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, wallet, ice cream, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WIDB (b) DIWB (c) WBID (d) BWID
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, kite, rose? (a) Kind Lions Rani (b) Kind Rani Lions (c) Rani Kind Lions (d) Lions Kind Rani
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, umbrella, ladder, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SULF (b) USLF (c) ULFS (d) FLUS
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eight Neat (c) Eight Seven Wise Neat (d) Eight Neat Seven Wise
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mice Ants (b) Frogs Jeeps Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mice Ants Jeeps
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, kite, rope? (a) Kites Rani Fly (b) Fly Kites Rani (c) Kites Fly Rani (d) Rani Kites Fly
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1218750328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 857 0328 (b) 121 877 50328 (c) 121 875 0328 (d) 121 850 328
31. 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5178379729. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 578 379 729 (b) 157 837 9729 (c) 517 837 79729 (d) 517 837 9729
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, watch, doll, flute, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWDFV (b) VFDWR (c) WDFVR (d) WRDFV
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Silly Wise (b) Eat Silly Wise Nine (c) Wise Silly Eat Nine (d) Eat Nine Silly Wise
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 2894617822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 289 461 7822 (b) 289 617 822 (c) 298 461 7822 (d) 289 466 17822
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, monkey, goat, key, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPGKL (b) PMGKL (c) LKGMP (d) MGKLP
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 2552668981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 266 8981 (b) 255 266 88981 (c) 255 266 9881 (d) 252 668 981

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