Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 910 · 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: needle, banana, coconut, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCRN (b) RCBN (c) BNCR (d) NBCR
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 851736431. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 851 736 431 (b) 851 736 6431 (c) 851 734 631 (d) 851 736 43
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lamp, shoe, doll, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDSLC (b) LCSDF (c) CLSDF (d) LSDFC
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 315075930184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3150 7593 0184 (b) 3150 7593 01844 (c) 3150 7530 184 (d) 3150 7593 1084
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, needle, lamp, sock, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLSVP (b) PNLSV (c) NPLSV (d) VSLNP
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5404197026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 540 417 9026 (b) 540 041 97026 (c) 540 417 026 (d) 540 419 7026
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, watch, coconut? (a) Wins Jump Crazy (b) Wins Crazy Jump (c) Crazy Wins Jump (d) Jump Wins Crazy
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Love Funny (c) Rani Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Rani
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4990571217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 499 075 1217 (b) 499 057 127 (c) 499 057 12177 (d) 499 057 1217
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, key, urn? (a) Uncle Kites Crazy (b) Crazy Kites Uncle (c) Kites Uncle Crazy (d) Kites Crazy Uncle
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Every (c) Every Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Every
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Green Wins Sing (d) Sing Wins Green
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 2170260117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 217 026 0117 (b) 217 206 0117 (c) 217 002 60117 (d) 217 026 017
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 928027633. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 928 022 7633 (b) 280 276 33 (c) 928 207 633 (d) 928 027 633
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, radio, goat? (a) Red Uncle Grab (b) Uncle Red Grab (c) Grab Red Uncle (d) Red Grab Uncle
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 425885162168. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4255 8851 62168 (b) 4258 8516 2618 (c) 4258 8516 168 (d) 4258 8516 2168
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 565820911474. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5582 0911 474 (b) 5565 8209 11474 (c) 5658 2091 4174 (d) 5658 2091 1474
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 610101795765. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6101 0179 5765 (b) 6101 0179 7565 (c) 6101 0179 57765 (d) 6110 1795 765
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, radio, apple, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMAF (b) MRAF (c) FARM (d) RAFM
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Pink (b) Every Cats Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Every Pink Cats
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN

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