Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 205 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 1790605857. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 179 060 5857 (b) 179 060 5587 (c) 117 906 05857 (d) 790 605 857
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Cats Play (c) Cats Eight Play Cats (d) Eight Cats Play Cats
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 503070278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 503 007 278 (b) 503 070 278 (c) 503 070 2788 (d) 503 070 78
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Goats (c) Wins Goats Silly (d) Silly Wins Goats
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, apple, guava? (a) Aunty Lions Goats (b) Goats Aunty Lions (c) Aunty Goats Lions (d) Lions Aunty Goats
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 574766803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 574 766 80 (b) 574 766 803 (c) 574 766 083 (d) 574 766 8033
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, wallet, tent, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTLF (b) LTWF (c) WFTL (d) FWTL
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 551415259. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 415 2559 (b) 554 115 259 (c) 551 452 59 (d) 551 415 259
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, orange, lemon, tomato, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTLOG (b) OGLTR (c) GOLTR (d) OLTRG
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 392121247852. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3921 2124 7852 (b) 3921 2147 852 (c) 3922 1212 47852 (d) 3921 2127 4852
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 1112207220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 220 220 (b) 111 122 07220 (c) 111 220 7220 (d) 111 202 7220
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Ants Eight (b) Eight Love Pink Ants (c) Love Eight Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Love Eight
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, spoon, doll, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSDO (b) ODSN (c) SDON (d) SNDO
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, drum, umpire? (a) Dad Red Up (b) Dad Up Red (c) Up Dad Red (d) Red Dad Up
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 247920397494. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2479 2039 4794 (b) 2479 2039 744 (c) 2479 2039 7494 (d) 2479 2033 97494

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