Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 179 · 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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ball, pencil, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKPF (b) BPFK (c) KBPF (d) FPBK
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, inkpot, ant? (a) Vans Ink Aunty (b) Aunty Ink Vans (c) Ink Vans Aunty (d) Ink Aunty Vans
8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 758905793. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 758 905 93 (b) 775 890 5793 (c) 758 905 793 (d) 578 905 793
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Wins Green Sing
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lions Frogs (b) Silly Lions Frogs Red (c) Red Silly Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Silly Red
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9197372527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 919 737 252 (b) 919 737 2527 (c) 917 937 2527 (d) 919 973 72527
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3639022116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 363 902 21116 (b) 363 920 2116 (c) 363 902 216 (d) 363 902 2116
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny Mice All (b) All Mice Funny Jump (c) Funny Mice All Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice All
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Love Frogs (b) Sing Love Frogs Runs (c) Frogs Love Sing Runs (d) Runs Sing Love Frogs
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, van, rope, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRVL (b) LVRC (c) VLRC (d) VRCL
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9667190195. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 711 90195 (b) 966 719 0195 (c) 966 719 0159 (d) 966 790 195
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 854592557466. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8545 9255 746 (b) 8545 9255 57466 (c) 8545 9255 7466 (d) 5845 9255 7466
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, drum, apple, owl, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAOGN (b) GOADN (c) NDAOG (d) DNAOG
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 832511220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 832 511 220 (b) 823 511 220 (c) 832 112 20 (d) 833 251 1220
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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