Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 902 · 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: lemon, ant, ice cream, tiger, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALITP (b) LAITP (c) PTIAL (d) AITPL
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 347711716996. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3477 1171 6996 (b) 3471 1716 996 (c) 3477 7117 16996 (d) 4377 1171 6996
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, anchor, tiger, cat, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCTAV (b) ATCLV (c) AVTCL (d) VATCL
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 963241083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 963 244 1083 (b) 963 241 08 (c) 963 241 083 (d) 962 341 083
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 633179029925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6331 1790 29925 (b) 6331 7920 9925 (c) 6317 9029 925 (d) 6331 7902 9925
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Wise Green Sing (c) Green Wise Sing (d) Sing Wise Green
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 388331602562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3883 3160 25562 (b) 3838 3160 2562 (c) 3883 3160 2562 (d) 3883 1602 562
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Ants Every (b) Lazy Every Pink Ants (c) Ants Pink Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Pink Ants
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 192942213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 192 294 2213 (b) 192 492 213 (c) 192 942 213 (d) 192 942 13
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6404108865. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 640 410 885 (b) 640 410 8856 (c) 640 410 8865 (d) 664 041 08865
21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, rose, jug? (a) Rani Jump Only (b) Only Rani Jump (c) Jump Rani Only (d) Rani Only Jump
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 902095103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 902 095 1003 (b) 900 951 03 (c) 902 095 130 (d) 902 095 103
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, vase, radio, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VLRT (b) TRVL (c) LVRT (d) VRTL
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, duck, pillow, flute, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFPDS (b) DSPFW (c) SDPFW (d) DPFWS
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, bucket, watch, inkpot, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBWID (b) DIWBN (c) BNWID (d) BWIDN
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 583963003828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5839 6300 03828 (b) 5839 6300 828 (c) 5839 6300 3882 (d) 5839 6300 3828
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, apple, tomato, urn, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUTAP (b) PATUV (c) ATUVP (d) APTUV
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, doll, orange, radio, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRODP (b) PDORT (c) DORTP (d) DPORT
32. 32.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
34. 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, drum, mirror? (a) My Dance Wet (b) Dance My Wet (c) Wet Dance My (d) Dance Wet My
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, lemon, pillow, anchor, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAPLT (b) LTPAR (c) LPART (d) TLPAR
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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