Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 114 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (b) Eight Cook Pigs Cats (c) Cook Eight Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eight
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Love Frogs (c) Silly Rani Love Frogs (d) Silly Love Frogs Rani
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Neat (c) Neat Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Neat
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ice cream, cat, tomato, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SICTB (b) BTCIS (c) ICTBS (d) ISCTB
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, frog, ladder? (a) Funny Lions Pink (b) Lions Funny Pink (c) Funny Pink Lions (d) Pink Funny Lions
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 920658072006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9260 5807 2006 (b) 9205 8072 006 (c) 9206 5807 72006 (d) 9206 5807 2006
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, whistle, glass, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWGT (b) TGWA (c) WGTA (d) WAGT
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, banana, watch? (a) Bakes Rani Wet (b) Wet Bakes Rani (c) Rani Bakes Wet (d) Bakes Wet Rani
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 871580373. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 871 580 3373 (b) 871 803 73 (c) 871 580 733 (d) 871 580 373
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 525155065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 525 155 065 (b) 525 515 5065 (c) 525 150 565 (d) 251 550 65
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 2816022656. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 281 602 2656 (b) 281 602 256 (c) 281 600 22656 (d) 281 602 6256
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 780200347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 200 347 (b) 778 020 0347 (c) 780 200 347 (d) 780 003 47
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, ice cream, flute? (a) Fly Inside Tea (b) Inside Fly Tea (c) Inside Tea Fly (d) Tea Inside Fly
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lemon, sock, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLSI (b) ISLD (c) LSID (d) LDSI
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, kettle, watch, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKWS (b) KGWS (c) KWSG (d) SWKG
29. 29.🔤 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
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🔤 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
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 963830421948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9638 3042 148 (b) 9638 3044 21948 (c) 9638 3042 1948 (d) 9638 0342 1948
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 7816232396. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 781 623 2396 (b) 778 162 32396 (c) 781 623 396 (d) 781 623 2369
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, umbrella, vase? (a) Very Uncle Tiny (b) Uncle Tiny Very (c) Uncle Very Tiny (d) Tiny Uncle Very
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9620783690. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 783 690 (b) 962 078 3690 (c) 962 207 83690 (d) 962 708 3690
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pink All (b) All Pink Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Pink All (d) Lions Pink All Eight
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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