Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 908 · 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 oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, lemon, radio, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLRV (b) LDRV (c) LRVD (d) VRLD
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, umpire, parrot? (a) Under Nani Pink (b) Pink Under Nani (c) Nani Under Pink (d) Under Pink Nani
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, whistle, key? (a) Kids Wet Vines (b) Vines Wet Kids (c) Wet Vines Kids (d) Wet Kids Vines
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, anchor, bucket, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IABN (b) AIBN (c) ABNI (d) NBAI
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 3585606129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 358 560 1629 (b) 358 560 6129 (c) 358 606 129 (d) 355 856 06129
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, sock, glass, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGSB (b) SGTB (c) BSGT (d) SBGT
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3994634201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 946 34201 (b) 399 434 201 (c) 399 463 4210 (d) 399 463 4201
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 426744162452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4267 4461 2452 (b) 4267 4412 452 (c) 4267 4416 2452 (d) 4267 4411 62452
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 187668601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 187 666 01 (b) 187 668 601 (c) 187 668 061 (d) 187 668 6601
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3106028900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 060 28900 (b) 310 602 900 (c) 310 602 8900 (d) 310 602 9800
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, duck, fan? (a) Funny Dogs All (b) Dogs Funny All (c) All Dogs Funny (d) Dogs All Funny
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 7482404461. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 748 244 0461 (b) 748 240 446 (c) 748 240 4461 (d) 748 824 04461
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 3202781858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 278 1858 (b) 320 278 1858 (c) 320 278 81858 (d) 320 271 858
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 346088025589. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3460 8802 55589 (b) 4608 8025 589 (c) 3406 8802 5589 (d) 3460 8802 5589
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Green (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Wins Green Silly
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 272667333. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 266 7333 (b) 272 667 333 (c) 272 663 33 (d) 272 663 733
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, whistle, van, mirror, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWVMK (b) WDVMK (c) WVMKD (d) KMVWD

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