Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 342 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 2190572004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 219 055 72004 (b) 219 052 004 (c) 129 057 2004 (d) 219 057 2004
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, drum, cat, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCDG (b) GDCS (c) DCSG (d) DGCS
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 575027606. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 570 276 06 (b) 575 027 606 (c) 575 022 7606 (d) 575 207 606
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, needle, owl? (a) Nani Old Up (b) Old Nani Up (c) Up Nani Old (d) Nani Up Old
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 924285669229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9242 8566 2929 (b) 9248 5669 229 (c) 9924 2856 69229 (d) 9242 8566 9229
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, umpire, drum, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDUC (b) UCDL (c) UDLC (d) CUDL
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 585423051150. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5854 2305 1150 (b) 5584 2305 1150 (c) 5854 2300 51150 (d) 5542 3051 150
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, spoon, onion, watch, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOWIC (b) IWOSC (c) SCOWI (d) CSOWI
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, bucket, vase? (a) Grab Big Very (b) Big Grab Very (c) Big Very Grab (d) Very Big Grab
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Aunty
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 637517042782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6375 1742 782 (b) 6375 1704 27822 (c) 6375 1704 7282 (d) 6375 1704 2782
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 391900568432. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3919 0056 842 (b) 9319 0056 8432 (c) 3919 0056 8432 (d) 3919 0056 84432
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, frog, net? (a) Nine Fly Aunty (b) Fly Aunty Nine (c) Fly Nine Aunty (d) Aunty Fly Nine
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, monkey, jug, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLJA (b) LMJA (c) AJML (d) MJAL
29. 29.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, pencil, shoe? (a) Seven Pink Under (b) Under Pink Seven (c) Pink Seven Under (d) Pink Under Seven
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, kettle, cat? (a) Jolly Kites Crazy (b) Kites Jolly Crazy (c) Crazy Kites Jolly (d) Kites Crazy Jolly
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1020551782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 102 055 11782 (b) 102 055 1782 (c) 102 051 5782 (d) 100 551 782
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly Mum Ants (b) Ants Mum Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps Mum Ants (d) Fly Mum Ants Jeeps
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 130262943663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1306 2294 3663 (b) 1302 6294 36663 (c) 1302 6294 3663 (d) 1326 2943 663
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, frog, duck? (a) Funny Dance Very (b) Dance Funny Very (c) Very Funny Dance (d) Funny Very Dance
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, kite, tent? (a) Ice Kids Tea (b) Kids Tea Ice (c) Tea Kids Ice (d) Kids Ice Tea
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM

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