Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 122 · 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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs Ants (b) Eight Lazy Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Lazy Eight (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Eight
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 128290046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 128 290 046 (b) 122 829 0046 (c) 128 920 046 (d) 128 290 46
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, lemon, jug? (a) Jump Lazy Inside (b) Lazy Inside Jump (c) Lazy Jump Inside (d) Inside Lazy Jump
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Eight Nine (b) Eight Silly Wet Nine (c) Eight Nine Silly Wet (d) Nine Eight Silly Wet
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 202591908920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2025 9108 920 (b) 2025 9919 08920 (c) 2025 9190 8920 (d) 2025 9109 8920
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, doll, inkpot? (a) Dad Sing Ice (b) Dad Ice Sing (c) Sing Dad Ice (d) Ice Dad Sing
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 561471275. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 471 275 (b) 561 741 275 (c) 561 471 2775 (d) 561 471 25
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, radio, tiger, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTRD (b) DRTF (c) RDTF (d) RTFD
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6451441792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 651 441 792 (b) 645 144 11792 (c) 645 144 1792 (d) 645 144 7192
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ice cream, radio, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPRN (b) PIRN (c) IRNP (d) NRIP
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, owl, umpire? (a) Old Goats Under (b) Old Under Goats (c) Under Old Goats (d) Goats Old Under
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
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) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, lemon, doll, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRDK (b) KDLR (c) LDKR (d) RLDK
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, fan, key, rope, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRKFU (b) UFKRI (c) FKRIU (d) FUKRI
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 312850296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 850 296 (b) 312 885 0296 (c) 312 850 26 (d) 312 850 296
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 486081965. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 480 819 65 (b) 486 081 9665 (c) 846 081 965 (d) 486 081 965
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lamp, nest, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNDC (b) DNLC (c) LCND (d) CLND
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 914978292202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1949 7829 2202 (b) 9149 7829 2202 (c) 9197 8292 202 (d) 9149 7829 22002
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 3490716405. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 071 6405 (b) 349 071 64055 (c) 349 701 6405 (d) 349 071 640
40. 40.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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