Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 155 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Fly (b) Seven Lions Fly Runs (c) Runs Seven Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Seven Runs
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 4836530423. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 483 635 0423 (b) 486 530 423 (c) 483 653 0423 (d) 483 655 30423
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, drum, banana? (a) Dad Lazy Bakes (b) Dad Bakes Lazy (c) Bakes Dad Lazy (d) Lazy Dad Bakes
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, anchor, candle? (a) Ants Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Ants Pink (c) Pink Ants Crazy (d) Ants Pink Crazy
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Sing Runs (c) Sing Lions Funny Runs (d) Sing Runs Lions Funny
11. 11.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 620306206569. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6203 0620 6569 (b) 6203 0662 06569 (c) 6200 6206 569 (d) 6203 0602 6569
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, owl, doll, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDOR (b) ORDK (c) ODKR (d) RODK
16. 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Grab (b) Grab Wet Sing (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Wet Grab Sing
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, coconut, lemon, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLCA (b) CALM (c) ACLM (d) CLMA
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice All (b) Jolly Fly Mice All (c) Fly Mice All Jolly (d) All Mice Fly Jolly
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 555922128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 555 922 18 (b) 559 522 128 (c) 555 592 2128 (d) 555 922 128
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9351786356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 786 356 (b) 935 178 63566 (c) 935 178 6356 (d) 935 187 6356
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9753318140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 997 533 18140 (b) 975 331 1840 (c) 975 331 8140 (d) 753 318 140
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, ball, anchor? (a) Big Aunty Love (b) Love Big Aunty (c) Big Love Aunty (d) Aunty Big Love
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9161812907. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 916 181 297 (b) 916 618 12907 (c) 916 181 2907 (d) 196 181 2907
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Eat Nani (c) Eat Seven Wet Nani (d) Eat Nani Seven Wet

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