Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 226 · 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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
2. 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny Mum Aunty (d) Funny Mum Aunty Jump
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat (d) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 191640032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 191 640 0032 (b) 191 640 032 (c) 119 640 032 (d) 116 400 32
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 925017179450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9201 7179 450 (b) 9250 1717 9450 (c) 2950 1717 9450 (d) 9225 0171 79450
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, spoon, frog? (a) Dogs Seven Funny (b) Seven Dogs Funny (c) Seven Funny Dogs (d) Funny Seven Dogs
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 1290210483. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 210 483 (b) 129 021 04883 (c) 192 021 0483 (d) 129 021 0483
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2101975295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 197 52295 (b) 210 197 5295 (c) 210 975 295 (d) 210 197 5259
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Ants Jump (b) Ants My Frogs Jump (c) Frogs Jump My Ants (d) Jump Frogs My Ants
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 350210915958. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3502 1091 5958 (b) 3502 0915 958 (c) 3502 1109 15958 (d) 3520 1091 5958
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, inkpot, doll, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPDK (b) IDKP (c) KDIP (d) PIDK
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1474204719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 114 742 04719 (b) 144 720 4719 (c) 474 204 719 (d) 147 420 4719
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, shoe, kite, lemon, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKLAG (b) GSKLA (c) SGKLA (d) ALKSG
21. 21.✏️ 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 Lazy Frogs Runs (c) Runs Silly Lazy Frogs (d) Silly Runs Lazy Frogs
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7450182846. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 745 012 8846 (b) 745 018 284 (c) 745 018 28466 (d) 745 018 2846
24. 24.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 334347480698. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3334 3474 80698 (b) 3344 7480 698 (c) 3343 4748 0698 (d) 3433 4748 0698
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, net, watch, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRWO (b) OWNR (c) NWOR (d) RNWO
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, watch, mirror? (a) Wise Cats My (b) My Wise Cats (c) Wise My Cats (d) Cats Wise My
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1904617274. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 461 7274 (b) 190 461 724 (c) 190 466 17274 (d) 190 461 7724
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6458407004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 645 840 7004 (b) 658 407 004 (c) 645 840 7040 (d) 645 584 07004
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 983306511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 983 360 511 (b) 983 306 6511 (c) 983 306 511 (d) 983 065 11
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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