Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 254 · 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 continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 637389450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 389 450 (b) 637 388 9450 (c) 367 389 450 (d) 637 389 50
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5379994396. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 537 994 396 (b) 537 999 4396 (c) 537 999 4369 (d) 537 999 43396
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, key, violin, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFVC (b) CVKF (c) FKVC (d) KVCF
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 440358680092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4403 5868 0092 (b) 4403 8680 092 (c) 4403 3586 80092 (d) 4403 8568 0092
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2298394283. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 839 42833 (b) 229 893 4283 (c) 229 839 4283 (d) 298 394 283
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs All (b) Lions Pigs All Eight (c) Eight Lions Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lions Eight
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 498074108133. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4980 0741 08133 (b) 4980 7410 8133 (c) 4980 7410 1833 (d) 4980 4108 133
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cook (b) Eat Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cook Eat (d) Eat Cook Cook Pink
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, tiger, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOJN (b) OTJN (c) NJTO (d) TJNO
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, rope, lamp? (a) Red Love Dance (b) Love Red Dance (c) Dance Red Love (d) Red Dance Love
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 215486686282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2115 4866 86282 (b) 2154 6868 6282 (c) 2154 8668 628 (d) 2154 8668 6282
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rope, monkey, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMGF (b) GMRF (c) RFMG (d) FRMG
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 278157956723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2781 5795 66723 (b) 7815 7956 723 (c) 2781 5795 6723 (d) 2718 5795 6723
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 704824725318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7048 2472 55318 (b) 7482 4725 318 (c) 7048 2472 5318 (d) 7048 4272 5318
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Lions Fly (c) Seven Lions Fly Rani (d) Rani Seven Lions Fly
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 738981361780. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7389 8136 1780 (b) 7389 8131 6780 (c) 7389 8136 11780 (d) 7389 8131 780
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 328390861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 398 61 (b) 328 390 861 (c) 328 390 816 (d) 332 839 0861
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 181835373001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1818 3533 73001 (b) 1818 3537 3001 (c) 1818 3537 3010 (d) 1183 5373 001

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