Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 779 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 164953162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 649 531 62 (b) 146 953 162 (c) 166 495 3162 (d) 164 953 162
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, umbrella, goat, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMGB (b) MUGB (c) BGUM (d) UGBM
10. 10.🔤 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
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 238757644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 238 775 644 (b) 238 757 64 (c) 238 757 644 (d) 238 775 7644
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Love Fly (b) Seven Rani Love Fly (c) Seven Love Fly Rani (d) Fly Love Seven Rani
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, inkpot, apple, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NAIM (b) IMAN (c) IANM (d) MIAN
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 407999569. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 407 995 69 (b) 407 999 596 (c) 407 999 569 (d) 407 999 5569
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, kettle, inkpot, parrot, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPIKU (b) KUIPW (c) UKIPW (d) KIPWU
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 456821923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 219 23 (b) 445 682 1923 (c) 456 821 923 (d) 456 812 923
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 465605229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 465 605 229 (b) 465 600 5229 (c) 466 505 229 (d) 465 652 29
27. 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 275682164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 682 146 (b) 277 568 2164 (c) 275 682 164 (d) 275 682 14
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 2990438882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 904 38882 (b) 299 043 8882 (c) 929 043 8882 (d) 299 038 882
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2508595581. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 885 95581 (b) 250 859 5581 (c) 258 059 5581 (d) 508 595 581
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, radio, apple? (a) Ants Red My (b) Red My Ants (c) Red Ants My (d) My Red Ants
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Nani (b) Every Nani Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Every Nani (d) Nani Every Seven Wins
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, glass, urn, rose, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGURD (b) DRUGC (c) GCURD (d) GURDC
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Play Ants Eat (d) Eat Lazy Play Ants
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, monkey, ball? (a) Mum Red Big (b) Red Mum Big (c) Big Mum Red (d) Mum Big Red
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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