Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 304 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Eight (b) Eight Love Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Love Eight (d) Love Eight Play Aunty
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, umbrella, radio? (a) Cats Uncle Rani (b) Uncle Rani Cats (c) Rani Uncle Cats (d) Uncle Cats Rani
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 288911696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 288 891 1696 (b) 889 116 96 (c) 288 911 696 (d) 288 911 966
5. 5.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, candle, ice cream, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACIW (b) WICA (c) CIWA (d) CAIW
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 292378812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 292 337 8812 (b) 292 378 812 (c) 292 378 821 (d) 223 788 12
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, van, sock, jalebi, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVSJW (b) VASJW (c) WJSVA (d) VSJWA
13. 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, jug, rope? (a) Lions Jeeps Red (b) Red Jeeps Lions (c) Jeeps Lions Red (d) Jeeps Red Lions
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, candle, drum? (a) Cook Pink Dogs (b) Cook Dogs Pink (c) Dogs Cook Pink (d) Pink Cook Dogs
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4053633435. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 045 363 3435 (b) 053 633 435 (c) 400 536 33435 (d) 405 363 3435
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Neat (b) Neat Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Neat Sing Wise (d) Eat Sing Wise Neat
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 100435745. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 435 7455 (b) 100 453 745 (c) 004 357 45 (d) 100 435 745
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 604676894834. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6046 7694 834 (b) 6004 6768 94834 (c) 6046 7689 8434 (d) 6046 7689 4834
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 4297071118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 707 118 (b) 429 770 1118 (c) 429 707 71118 (d) 429 707 1118
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, ladder, parrot? (a) Kind Lazy Pigs (b) Pigs Lazy Kind (c) Lazy Kind Pigs (d) Lazy Pigs Kind
27. 27.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 739256594. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 739 256 59 (b) 739 256 594 (c) 379 256 594 (d) 739 256 5944
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 280793847. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 280 079 3847 (b) 207 938 47 (c) 280 793 847 (d) 280 793 487
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 399637301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 637 301 (b) 399 637 3001 (c) 396 373 01 (d) 396 937 301
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Seven
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, umpire, watch, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVWN (b) UWNV (c) VUWN (d) NWUV

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