Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 180 · 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) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 633346499675. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6333 4649 9675 (b) 6333 4649 965 (c) 6333 3464 99675 (d) 6333 4649 6975
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, doll, guava, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADGS (b) DGSA (c) SGDA (d) DAGS
4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ 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
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 575256856468. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5752 5856 468 (b) 5752 2568 56468 (c) 5752 5686 5468 (d) 5752 5685 6468
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump My All (b) All My Fly Jump (c) Fly My All Jump (d) Jump Fly My All
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Green Wise Sing (c) Sing Wise Green (d) Wise Green Sing
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 196984586558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1969 8458 86558 (b) 1969 8458 6558 (c) 1969 8586 558 (d) 1968 9458 6558
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ladder, jug, bucket, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNJBD (b) DBJLN (c) LJBDN (d) NLJBD
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 1196555395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 119 655 539 (b) 119 655 5395 (c) 119 655 55395 (d) 191 655 5395
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, doll, umpire? (a) Under Dance Pigs (b) Pigs Dance Under (c) Dance Pigs Under (d) Dance Under Pigs
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, onion, doll, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UODI (b) OUDI (c) ODIU (d) IDOU
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Aunty Every (b) Aunty Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pink Aunty (d) Every Lions Pink Aunty
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, coconut, drum? (a) Crazy Wins Dogs (b) Wins Crazy Dogs (c) Dogs Crazy Wins (d) Crazy Dogs Wins
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 362087178. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 208 7178 (b) 362 087 178 (c) 320 871 78 (d) 360 287 178
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 8150947917. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 850 947 917 (b) 815 094 7917 (c) 811 509 47917 (d) 810 594 7917
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 6739297917. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 673 299 7917 (b) 673 929 97917 (c) 673 929 917 (d) 673 929 7917
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 5279483457. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 527 948 4357 (b) 527 983 457 (c) 552 794 83457 (d) 527 948 3457
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA

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