Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 391 · 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.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Love Funny (b) Sing Rani Love Funny (c) Funny Love Sing Rani (d) Sing Love Funny Rani
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7371982106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 737 198 2106 (b) 773 719 82106 (c) 737 198 2016 (d) 737 198 206
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Sing Wet Green (d) Wet Sing Green
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 510788028802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5107 8802 88002 (b) 5107 8820 8802 (c) 5107 8802 880 (d) 5107 8802 8802
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3250202601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 325 002 2601 (b) 325 020 2601 (c) 325 020 260 (d) 325 022 02601
10. 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, kettle, ladder? (a) Jump Kind Lions (b) Kind Lions Jump (c) Lions Kind Jump (d) Kind Jump Lions
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 622348511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 622 334 8511 (b) 622 348 511 (c) 622 345 811 (d) 622 345 11
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
20. 20.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 716507209212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7165 0270 9212 (b) 7165 0709 212 (c) 7165 0722 09212 (d) 7165 0720 9212
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, umpire, owl? (a) Fly Uncle Owls (b) Uncle Fly Owls (c) Uncle Owls Fly (d) Owls Uncle Fly
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 568574917892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5685 7497 892 (b) 5658 7491 7892 (c) 5685 7749 17892 (d) 5685 7491 7892
24. 24.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, guava, duck? (a) Under Goats Dogs (b) Goats Under Dogs (c) Dogs Goats Under (d) Goats Dogs Under
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Fly Runs (b) Fly Lions Sing Runs (c) Runs Sing Lions Fly (d) Sing Runs Lions Fly
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4332194721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 433 294 721 (b) 433 214 9721 (c) 433 219 4721 (d) 433 219 94721
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, ant, coconut, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCAT (b) ATCB (c) ACBT (d) TACB
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 365021206. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 356 021 206 (b) 365 021 2006 (c) 650 212 06 (d) 365 021 206
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, pillow, coconut, jeep, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCJRN (b) PNCJR (c) NPCJR (d) RJCPN
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, owl, sock? (a) Seven Old Tiny (b) Old Tiny Seven (c) Old Seven Tiny (d) Tiny Old Seven
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, sock, coconut, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCLA (b) ASCL (c) SACL (d) LCSA
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 256879916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 879 16 (b) 256 877 9916 (c) 256 879 916 (d) 526 879 916
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Wise Seven Grab
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Eat (c) Love Eat Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Eat
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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