Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 854 · 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 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
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, nest, banana, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBJL (b) NLBJ (c) JBNL (d) LNBJ
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Ants Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps My Ants (c) Ants My Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly My Ants
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 9119176773. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 191 917 6773 (b) 119 176 773 (c) 911 917 67733 (d) 911 917 6773
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, doll, watch? (a) Dad Bunny Wins (b) Wins Dad Bunny (c) Dad Wins Bunny (d) Bunny Dad Wins
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, flute, drum, jug, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKDJV (b) FDJVK (c) KFDJV (d) VJDFK
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 5515749235. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 577 49235 (b) 551 574 235 (c) 551 574 9235 (d) 515 574 9235
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7583009787. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 758 300 09787 (b) 753 800 9787 (c) 758 300 9787 (d) 758 300 977
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, igloo, watch? (a) Goats Ink Wise (b) Ink Goats Wise (c) Ink Wise Goats (d) Wise Ink Goats
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 230048550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 230 485 50 (b) 203 048 550 (c) 230 048 5500 (d) 230 048 550
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, inkpot, doll? (a) Big Ink Dance (b) Ink Dance Big (c) Dance Ink Big (d) Ink Big Dance
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 207755613. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 755 613 (b) 207 755 13 (c) 207 775 5613 (d) 270 755 613
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Seven Wins (b) Every Seven Wins Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Every Nani
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
33. 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 863268717301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8632 6871 7301 (b) 8632 6871 701 (c) 8632 6871 77301 (d) 8632 6871 7310
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 744174101928. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7441 7741 01928 (b) 7441 7410 1928 (c) 7417 4101 928 (d) 7414 7410 1928
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Crazy Every (b) Crazy Play Cook Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cook (d) Every Crazy Play Cook
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 9436032723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 943 603 2723 (b) 946 032 723 (c) 946 303 2723 (d) 943 603 27233
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, flute, onion, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOTD (b) DFOT (c) FDOT (d) TOFD
40. 40.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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