Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 38 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, fan, tiger? (a) Fly Toys Kids (b) Fly Kids Toys (c) Toys Fly Kids (d) Kids Fly Toys
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Seven (b) Wet Seven Green (c) Seven Wet Green (d) Green Wet Seven
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, shoe, doll? (a) Dad Seven Toys (b) Seven Toys Dad (c) Toys Seven Dad (d) Seven Dad Toys
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 522965893. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 522 958 93 (b) 522 966 5893 (c) 529 265 893 (d) 522 965 893
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 1314289906. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 131 428 9096 (b) 131 428 906 (c) 131 428 9906 (d) 131 422 89906
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, anchor, jug? (a) Silly Aunty Jump (b) Aunty Silly Jump (c) Jump Aunty Silly (d) Aunty Jump Silly
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 841603236634. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8410 6323 6634 (b) 8416 3236 634 (c) 8416 0323 6634 (d) 8411 6032 36634
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 879492111776. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8794 9111 776 (b) 8794 9211 1776 (c) 8794 4921 11776 (d) 8794 9211 7176
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, flute, tomato, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STFB (b) FBTS (c) BFTS (d) FTSB
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Cook (b) Eight Cook Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, needle, candle? (a) Nani Cook Seven (b) Cook Nani Seven (c) Seven Nani Cook (d) Nani Seven Cook
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 8855444208. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 544 4208 (b) 885 554 44208 (c) 885 544 208 (d) 885 544 4028
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 7317667693. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 766 77693 (b) 731 667 693 (c) 713 766 7693 (d) 731 766 7693
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 609310077467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6093 1100 77467 (b) 6093 1007 7467 (c) 6093 1007 4767 (d) 6093 1077 467
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 670465593540. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6704 6559 93540 (b) 6740 6559 3540 (c) 6704 6593 540 (d) 6704 6559 3540
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 920054699. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 045 699 (b) 920 054 699 (c) 900 546 99 (d) 922 005 4699
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, mirror, glass, tiger, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBGTW (b) WTGMB (c) BMGTW (d) MGTWB
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jeeps (b) All My Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps My All (d) Jeeps Fly My All
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 364754883163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3645 4883 163 (b) 3647 5483 8163 (c) 3647 5488 31633 (d) 3647 5488 3163
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, kettle, glass, whistle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KUGWF (b) FWGKU (c) KGWFU (d) UKGWF
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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