Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 888 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, tent, kite? (a) Tea Love Kids (b) Kids Tea Love (c) Tea Kids Love (d) Love Tea Kids
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 374123855. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 374 123 3855 (b) 374 123 855 (c) 374 123 585 (d) 374 123 55
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (b) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (c) Fly Jolly Mum Ants (d) Jolly Fly Mum Ants
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, glass, orange, radio, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LROGU (b) GORLU (c) GUORL (d) UGORL
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 451305395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 513 053 95 (b) 451 305 395 (c) 415 305 395 (d) 451 305 3395
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6085933263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 608 593 32263 (b) 608 593 363 (c) 608 539 3263 (d) 608 593 3263
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, umpire, lamp? (a) Lions Uncle Dad (b) Uncle Lions Dad (c) Dad Uncle Lions (d) Uncle Dad Lions
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 781907162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 071 62 (b) 781 907 162 (c) 781 970 162 (d) 781 907 1162
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 130761580608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1370 6158 0608 (b) 1307 6158 608 (c) 1307 6115 80608 (d) 1307 6158 0608
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Goats (b) Goats Wet Sing (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Sing Wet Goats
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 659048056221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6590 4805 62221 (b) 6594 0805 6221 (c) 6590 4806 221 (d) 6590 4805 6221
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 5196749039. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 674 9309 (b) 519 674 49039 (c) 519 749 039 (d) 519 674 9039
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Eat Neat (b) Eat Neat Sing Wet (c) Neat Eat Sing Wet (d) Eat Sing Wet Neat
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 378241977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 387 241 977 (b) 337 824 1977 (c) 378 419 77 (d) 378 241 977
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, key, coconut, umbrella, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCURI (b) IKCUR (c) KICUR (d) RUCKI
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, watch, parrot, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPWR (b) WRPB (c) WPBR (d) RWPB
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, mirror, coconut? (a) Mice Crazy Green (b) Crazy Mice Green (c) Mice Green Crazy (d) Green Mice Crazy
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, net, urn? (a) Jeeps Nine Up (b) Up Nine Jeeps (c) Nine Jeeps Up (d) Nine Up Jeeps
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1305111082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 111 082 (b) 130 511 1082 (c) 130 511 10882 (d) 130 151 1082
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice Ants Jeeps (b) Ants Mice Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps Mice Ants (d) Jeeps Fly Mice Ants
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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