Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 140 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, glass, tiger, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMTA (b) MGTA (c) ATGM (d) GTAM
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Silly (c) Wet Silly Goats (d) Wet Goats Silly
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 842391532. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 842 391 5332 (b) 842 391 52 (c) 842 391 532 (d) 843 291 532
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 329134712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 314 712 (b) 329 137 12 (c) 329 134 7112 (d) 329 134 712
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, whistle, goat, net, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNGWR (b) RWGNM (c) WRGNM (d) WGNMR
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 258368913595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2583 6891 3595 (b) 2258 3689 13595 (c) 2583 6819 3595 (d) 2836 8913 595
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7735278463. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 527 78463 (b) 773 528 7463 (c) 773 527 8463 (d) 773 527 843
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Goats Wise Silly (c) Wise Silly Goats (d) Silly Wise Goats
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 5041231130. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 504 121 3130 (b) 504 123 1130 (c) 500 412 31130 (d) 504 121 130
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, tomato, lemon? (a) Toys Lions Dad (b) Toys Dad Lions (c) Lions Toys Dad (d) Dad Toys Lions
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Every (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Cats Every Pink Cook (d) Every Cats Pink Cook
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 987129880. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 987 198 80 (b) 981 729 880 (c) 987 122 9880 (d) 987 129 880
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, kite, sock? (a) Kites Owls Sing (b) Sing Kites Owls (c) Kites Sing Owls (d) Owls Kites Sing
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, kite, mirror? (a) My Kind Lazy (b) Kind Lazy My (c) Lazy Kind My (d) Kind My Lazy
33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 836966601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 836 696 601 (b) 883 696 6601 (c) 836 966 61 (d) 836 966 601
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, wallet, candle, fan, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOCFL (b) OWCFL (c) WCFLO (d) LFCWO
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play All (b) All Play Love Eight (c) Love Play All Eight (d) Eight Love Play All

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