Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 388 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, key, whistle, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKWD (b) KWDO (c) KOWD (d) DWKO
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 329310141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 311 0141 (b) 329 130 141 (c) 329 310 141 (d) 329 310 41
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Funny Runs (b) Silly Runs Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Funny
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, frog, cat? (a) Cats Funny Toys (b) Funny Toys Cats (c) Funny Cats Toys (d) Toys Funny Cats
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 8053735556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 805 373 5565 (b) 805 373 556 (c) 805 373 55556 (d) 805 373 5556
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 686897246046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6866 8972 46046 (b) 6868 9724 6046 (c) 8689 7246 046 (d) 6868 9742 6046
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 5063833070. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 503 833 070 (b) 506 338 33070 (c) 506 383 3070 (d) 506 383 3007
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, coconut, igloo? (a) Cats Jolly Inside (b) Cats Inside Jolly (c) Jolly Cats Inside (d) Inside Cats Jolly
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 9230369306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 336 9306 (b) 923 036 9306 (c) 230 369 306 (d) 923 303 69306
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5731722909. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 372 2909 (b) 573 172 299 (c) 573 177 22909 (d) 573 172 2909
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 621662562000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6216 6262 000 (b) 6216 6252 6000 (c) 6216 6255 62000 (d) 6216 6256 2000
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, parrot, tomato? (a) Pink Tiny Lazy (b) Tiny Pink Lazy (c) Lazy Pink Tiny (d) Pink Lazy Tiny
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Silly (b) Wet Grab Silly (c) Wet Silly Grab (d) Silly Wet Grab
32. 32.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, pencil, jeep, fan, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPJFG (b) GFJPM (c) PJFGM (d) PMJFG
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Ants Every (b) Love Every Pigs Ants (c) Every Love Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Love Every

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