Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 384 · 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) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 801521006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 800 152 1006 (b) 801 521 006 (c) 810 521 006 (d) 015 210 06
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, frog, duck, mirror, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDMJG (b) GFDMJ (c) FGDMJ (d) JMDFG
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, ant, bucket, tiger, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABTFK (b) KABTF (c) AKBTF (d) FTBAK
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, urn, tiger, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVTO (b) OTUV (c) UTOV (d) VUTO
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, pillow, watch, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWTV (b) TWPV (c) PVWT (d) VPWT
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 780043506127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7800 3506 127 (b) 7780 0435 06127 (c) 7800 4350 6172 (d) 7800 4350 6127
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pink Cook
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Pigs Ants Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pigs Ants (d) Lazy Eight Pigs Ants
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 818041014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 041 014 (b) 818 041 014 (c) 818 804 1014 (d) 818 041 04
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Eight Pink Crazy
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nani (b) Eight Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Eight Sing Wise (d) Eight Nani Sing Wise
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, cat, violin, bucket, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSVBU (b) UBVCS (c) SCVBU (d) CVBUS
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, parrot, mango? (a) Play Kids Mice (b) Kids Play Mice (c) Play Mice Kids (d) Mice Play Kids
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, ball, frog, urn, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUFBI (b) IBFUT (c) BFUTI (d) BIFUT
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 8387888142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 838 788 8142 (b) 837 888 142 (c) 838 788 81442 (d) 838 788 1842
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Every (b) Every Lions Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Every (d) Lions Every Pink Aunty
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Grab (b) Wins Grab Seven (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Grab Wins Seven
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 624977400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 624 977 4000 (b) 624 977 400 (c) 624 797 400 (d) 249 774 00
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 724215504892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7242 5504 892 (b) 7242 1550 4982 (c) 7242 1555 04892 (d) 7242 1550 4892
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Funny Jump (b) Funny Jump Mum Aunty (c) Funny Mum Aunty Jump (d) Jump Funny Mum Aunty

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