Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 39 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, doll, kite? (a) Fly Dogs Kids (b) Dogs Kids Fly (c) Kids Dogs Fly (d) Dogs Fly Kids
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, igloo, drum, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDIK (b) IDUK (c) IKDU (d) KIDU
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 464130629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 464 413 0629 (b) 464 130 29 (c) 461 430 629 (d) 464 130 629
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (c) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cook Pink Crazy
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, shoe, umpire, frog, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFUSB (b) BSUFO (c) SBUFO (d) SUFOB
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, jug, watch, duck, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJWDV (b) VDWJT (c) JTWDV (d) JWDVT
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, jeep, radio, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRLN (b) LRJN (c) NJRL (d) JNRL
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 821219272704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8212 1927 2704 (b) 8121 9272 704 (c) 2812 1927 2704 (d) 8212 1927 22704
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, coconut, whistle, kite, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACWKR (b) RKWCA (c) CWKRA (d) CAWKR
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 171622862. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 171 622 862 (b) 171 622 682 (c) 171 662 2862 (d) 716 228 62
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 385732275. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 732 275 (b) 385 723 275 (c) 385 732 2275 (d) 357 322 75
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 517782347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 782 47 (b) 517 782 437 (c) 517 782 3477 (d) 517 782 347
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Wet Sing Every Neat (c) Neat Every Sing Wet (d) Every Neat Sing Wet
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, anchor, sock, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSAM (b) AMSB (c) ASBM (d) MASB
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 1663686207. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 368 6207 (b) 163 686 207 (c) 166 366 8207 (d) 166 336 86207
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My All (b) All My Funny Jolly (c) Funny My All Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My All
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 629406021. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 694 060 21 (b) 629 406 0021 (c) 629 406 012 (d) 629 406 021
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, duck, goat? (a) Uncle Dogs Green (b) Green Dogs Uncle (c) Dogs Uncle Green (d) Dogs Green Uncle
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, wallet, coconut, duck, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCDBU (b) BDCWU (c) UWCDB (d) WUCDB
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, bucket, lemon? (a) Lazy Bunny Under (b) Bunny Lazy Under (c) Under Bunny Lazy (d) Bunny Under Lazy
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 8685158327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 158 327 (b) 866 851 58327 (c) 868 515 8327 (d) 868 551 8327
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty (c) Funny Mum Aunty Jeeps (d) Aunty Mum Funny Jeeps

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