Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 401 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 425928119103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4259 2811 9130 (b) 4425 9281 19103 (c) 4259 2819 103 (d) 4259 2811 9103
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (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 Wise Sing (b) Sing Wise Green (c) Wise Green Sing (d) Wise Sing Green
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, cat, flute, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFLN (b) NCFL (c) CNFL (d) LFCN
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 556859949. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 556 859 949 (b) 555 685 9949 (c) 558 659 949 (d) 556 859 94
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, lamp, orange? (a) Love Bakes Only (b) Only Love Bakes (c) Love Only Bakes (d) Bakes Love Only
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, rope, urn? (a) Up Runs Ice (b) Runs Up Ice (c) Runs Ice Up (d) Ice Runs Up
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, umbrella, onion, banana, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFOBW (b) UOBWF (c) WBOUF (d) FUOBW
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 648021318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 648 022 1318 (b) 648 023 118 (c) 480 213 18 (d) 648 021 318
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 249524356250. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2495 2435 6250 (b) 2495 4356 250 (c) 2495 2433 56250 (d) 2945 2435 6250
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 682563652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 566 352 (b) 625 636 52 (c) 682 556 3652 (d) 682 563 652
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ant, doll, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASDN (b) NDAS (c) SADN (d) ADNS
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ladder, mango? (a) Mum Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Mum (c) Lazy Funny Mum (d) Lazy Mum Funny
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 471252707231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4712 5270 7321 (b) 4712 5270 72231 (c) 4712 2707 231 (d) 4712 5270 7231
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 565748492351. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5657 4849 2351 (b) 5565 7484 92351 (c) 5657 4492 351 (d) 5657 8449 2351
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Love Fly (b) Silly Love Fly Runs (c) Fly Love Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Love Fly
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 714746006805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7147 4600 6805 (b) 7147 4600 68055 (c) 7174 4600 6805 (d) 7174 6006 805
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 613533627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 661 353 3627 (b) 163 533 627 (c) 613 533 627 (d) 635 336 27
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 846641878585. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8464 1878 585 (b) 8466 4187 8585 (c) 8466 4187 85885 (d) 4866 4187 8585
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, cat, fan? (a) Cats Frogs Neat (b) Neat Cats Frogs (c) Frogs Cats Neat (d) Cats Neat Frogs
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, cat, duck, umbrella, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUDCB (b) CBDUA (c) BCDUA (d) CDUAB
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Silly Wise (b) Wise Silly Eat Nine (c) Eat Nine Silly Wise (d) Eat Silly Wise Nine
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA

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