Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 256 · 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: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Sing Wins (b) Eight Sing Wins Nani (c) Nani Eight Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Eight Nani
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mirror, igloo, orange, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOIMG (b) GMIOL (c) MIOLG (d) MGIOL
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, jug, mango, cat, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMCDF (b) FJMCD (c) JFMCD (d) DCMJF
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Play All (b) Eat Lazy Play All (c) Lazy Play All Eat (d) All Play Lazy Eat
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 702970808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 970 808 (b) 702 970 08 (c) 702 970 088 (d) 702 297 0808
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 420480429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 804 29 (b) 420 480 4229 (c) 420 480 429 (d) 420 408 429
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, frog, candle? (a) Fly Pink Cats (b) Pink Fly Cats (c) Cats Fly Pink (d) Fly Cats Pink
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, candle, tomato? (a) Cats Tea Neat (b) Tea Cats Neat (c) Neat Cats Tea (d) Cats Neat Tea
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Play All (b) Lions Play All Eight (c) Eight Lions Play All (d) All Play Lions Eight
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 929912330924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2991 2330 924 (b) 9299 1230 3924 (c) 9299 1223 30924 (d) 9299 1233 0924
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) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, coconut, net? (a) Nani Cats Wise (b) Wise Cats Nani (c) Cats Wise Nani (d) Cats Nani Wise
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 258770104. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 258 770 014 (b) 258 770 104 (c) 255 877 0104 (d) 257 701 04
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, monkey, orange, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MODR (b) DOMR (c) MROD (d) RMOD
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4848865623. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 486 5623 (b) 484 885 623 (c) 488 488 65623 (d) 484 886 5623
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, ant, frog? (a) All Funny Crazy (b) Funny All Crazy (c) Crazy All Funny (d) All Crazy Funny
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, rose, cat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRCD (b) RNCD (c) DCRN (d) RCDN
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 253313931. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 235 313 931 (b) 253 139 31 (c) 253 313 9931 (d) 253 313 931

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