Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 320 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 981840012771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9814 0012 771 (b) 9981 8400 12771 (c) 9818 4001 2717 (d) 9818 4001 2771
3. 3.🔤 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
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
10. 10.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 393136264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 331 362 64 (b) 393 136 264 (c) 393 136 624 (d) 393 133 6264
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, onion, ball? (a) Owls Dad Bunny (b) Owls Bunny Dad (c) Dad Owls Bunny (d) Bunny Owls Dad
16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, mango, drum? (a) Dad My Seven (b) My Seven Dad (c) Seven My Dad (d) My Dad Seven
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, sock, tent, glass, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STGNL (b) LSTGN (c) NGTSL (d) SLTGN
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2945068332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 245 068 332 (b) 294 508 6332 (c) 229 450 68332 (d) 294 506 8332
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Seven Wins (c) Eight Seven Wins Nani (d) Eight Nani Seven Wins
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, tomato, bucket? (a) Tea Runs Big (b) Tea Big Runs (c) Big Tea Runs (d) Runs Tea Big
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, lemon, nest, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNKP (b) KNLP (c) PLNK (d) LPNK
27. 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Grab (b) Grab Wise Silly (c) Wise Grab Silly (d) Silly Wise Grab
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3245854751. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 324 585 4571 (b) 325 854 751 (c) 324 585 47751 (d) 324 585 4751
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 102888992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 102 888 992 (b) 102 888 929 (c) 102 888 92 (d) 102 888 8992
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, rose, needle? (a) Pink Red Nani (b) Red Nani Pink (c) Nani Red Pink (d) Red Pink Nani
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (b) Runs Seven Lazy Fly (c) Seven Runs Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Seven Runs
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, flute, jeep? (a) Funny Jolly Crazy (b) Jolly Funny Crazy (c) Crazy Funny Jolly (d) Funny Crazy Jolly
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 269110448. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 269 110 448 (b) 269 111 0448 (c) 269 110 48 (d) 296 110 448
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 584130707198. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5841 3077 198 (b) 5844 1307 07198 (c) 5841 3070 7198 (d) 5481 3070 7198
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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