Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 128 · 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 steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
2. 2.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, bucket, kettle, tiger, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBKTM (b) MTKBF (c) BFKTM (d) BKTMF
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 1632118530. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 163 211 8503 (b) 163 211 8530 (c) 163 211 88530 (d) 632 118 530
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Green (b) Green Wet Seven (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Wet Seven Green
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eight
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, urn, drum? (a) Uncle Dad Inside (b) Inside Uncle Dad (c) Dad Uncle Inside (d) Uncle Inside Dad
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, doll, parrot, umpire, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPUCV (b) VDPUC (c) DVPUC (d) CUPDV
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, net, jalebi, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGJB (b) BJNG (c) NJBG (d) GNJB
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nani (b) Eight Nani Sing Wise (c) Eight Sing Wise Nani (d) Nani Eight Sing Wise
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 2241943390. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 194 3390 (b) 224 194 33390 (c) 224 149 3390 (d) 224 143 390
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 416672350600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1667 2350 600 (b) 1466 7235 0600 (c) 4166 7223 50600 (d) 4166 7235 0600
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, mango, flute? (a) My Kind Funny (b) Kind My Funny (c) My Funny Kind (d) Funny My Kind
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, needle, inkpot? (a) Inside Nani Fly (b) Fly Nani Inside (c) Nani Fly Inside (d) Nani Inside Fly
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 1582081486. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 115 820 81486 (b) 158 208 1468 (c) 158 208 1486 (d) 158 208 186
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, fan, radio, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRKU (b) FURK (c) UFRK (d) KRFU
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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