Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 189 · 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.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 427349234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 349 234 (b) 427 734 9234 (c) 472 349 234 (d) 423 492 34
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, ball, drum, umbrella, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDUGI (b) BIDUG (c) IBDUG (d) GUDBI
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Pink (b) Every Cats Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Every Pink Cats
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, nest, fan? (a) Funny Nani Crazy (b) Nani Crazy Funny (c) Crazy Nani Funny (d) Nani Funny Crazy
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 920314923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 014 923 (b) 920 314 9233 (c) 920 149 23 (d) 920 314 923
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, drum, goat, fan, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGFPR (b) RDGFP (c) PFGDR (d) DRGFP
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, fan, jalebi? (a) Funny Tea Jolly (b) Tea Funny Jolly (c) Jolly Funny Tea (d) Funny Jolly Tea
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 1737190527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 719 0572 (b) 173 719 05277 (c) 173 719 027 (d) 173 719 0527
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 508553579396. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5085 5357 9396 (b) 5008 5535 79396 (c) 5085 5537 9396 (d) 5085 5359 396
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 795608929478. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7596 0892 9478 (b) 7795 6089 29478 (c) 7956 0892 9478 (d) 7956 0929 478
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 671813520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 671 813 5220 (b) 671 813 520 (c) 671 815 20 (d) 761 813 520
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Silly Runs (b) Silly Runs Lazy Frogs (c) Runs Silly Lazy Frogs (d) Silly Lazy Frogs Runs
32. 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Eat Neat (b) Eat Neat Silly Wet (c) Neat Eat Silly Wet (d) Eat Silly Wet Neat
35. 35.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, jalebi, flute? (a) Jolly Fly Ice (b) Ice Jolly Fly (c) Jolly Ice Fly (d) Fly Jolly Ice

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