Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 123 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (b) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (c) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Runs
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ladder, frog, drum, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLFDT (b) TDFLP (c) LFDTP (d) LPFDT
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, inkpot, nest? (a) Inside Neat Kind (b) Inside Kind Neat (c) Neat Inside Kind (d) Kind Inside Neat
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Seven Red (c) Seven Lions Fly Red (d) Seven Red Lions Fly
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, parrot, umpire? (a) Pigs Under Kites (b) Kites Pigs Under (c) Pigs Kites Under (d) Under Pigs Kites
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 8800201009. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 880 020 1009 (b) 880 001 009 (c) 880 020 0109 (d) 880 020 10009
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
17. 17.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, bucket, glass? (a) Bunny My Green (b) Bunny Green My (c) My Bunny Green (d) Green Bunny My
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, candle, duck, ice cream, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDIJB (b) BCDIJ (c) CBDIJ (d) JIDCB
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ladder, banana, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBLT (b) LBCT (c) LTBC (d) TLBC
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3093811449. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 303 981 1449 (b) 309 381 1449 (c) 309 338 11449 (d) 309 811 449
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, jalebi, drum? (a) Nani Jeeps Dogs (b) Dogs Jeeps Nani (c) Jeeps Dogs Nani (d) Jeeps Nani Dogs
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 451926730024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4519 2673 00024 (b) 4519 2673 0024 (c) 4512 6730 024 (d) 4519 2673 0042
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Green Wet Sing (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Sing Wet Green
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 344808788707. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3448 0878 8707 (b) 3448 0878 707 (c) 3448 0878 87007 (d) 3440 8878 8707
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 232612952. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 129 52 (b) 232 612 952 (c) 236 212 952 (d) 232 261 2952
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, shoe, jeep, radio, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSJRG (b) SVJRG (c) GRJSV (d) SJRGV
33. 33.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 7634192308. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 763 419 92308 (b) 673 419 2308 (c) 763 419 2308 (d) 763 419 230
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 513039388461. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5130 3938 8461 (b) 5133 0393 88461 (c) 5103 9388 461 (d) 5130 9338 8461
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, rose, inkpot, umbrella, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUIRO (b) RIUAO (c) ROIUA (d) ORIUA
40. 40.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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