Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 409 · 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 the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Silly Rani (b) Silly Lions Funny Rani (c) Silly Rani Lions Funny (d) Rani Silly Lions Funny
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 275191244. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 191 424 (b) 275 191 24 (c) 277 519 1244 (d) 275 191 244
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, violin, frog? (a) Fly Very Green (b) Very Green Fly (c) Green Very Fly (d) Very Fly Green
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wise Nani (b) Wise Silly Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Silly Wise (d) Nani Eight Silly Wise
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Seven Runs (b) Seven Runs Lazy Funny (c) Runs Seven Lazy Funny (d) Seven Lazy Funny Runs
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 262792686467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2267 9268 6467 (b) 2279 2686 467 (c) 2662 7926 86467 (d) 2627 9268 6467
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, lemon, banana, igloo, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOBIW (b) WIBLO (c) LBIWO (d) OLBIW
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 560349350407. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5603 4935 50407 (b) 5603 4395 0407 (c) 5634 9350 407 (d) 5603 4935 0407
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, nest, spoon, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBSA (b) BNSA (c) NSAB (d) ASNB
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 779056574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 779 565 74 (b) 779 056 574 (c) 797 056 574 (d) 777 905 6574
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, mirror, igloo? (a) Inside Mum Bunny (b) Mum Inside Bunny (c) Bunny Mum Inside (d) Mum Bunny Inside
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (b) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jump
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eat Nani (b) Eat Nani Silly Wise (c) Nani Eat Silly Wise (d) Eat Silly Wise Nani
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, kite, igloo, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMIG (b) KIGM (c) MKIG (d) GIKM
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 773022844. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 022 484 (b) 773 022 8444 (c) 773 028 44 (d) 773 022 844
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 3139235132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 235 132 (b) 311 392 35132 (c) 331 923 5132 (d) 313 923 5132
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5654608016. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 460 08016 (b) 565 460 8016 (c) 564 560 8016 (d) 565 460 806
34. 34.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 750461073754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7504 6107 3574 (b) 7504 6107 3754 (c) 7504 6110 73754 (d) 7504 6107 375
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, lamp, sock? (a) Lazy Silly Runs (b) Silly Lazy Runs (c) Runs Lazy Silly (d) Lazy Runs Silly
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Silly
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 960903067. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 960 030 67 (b) 996 090 3067 (c) 960 930 067 (d) 960 903 067
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, parrot, orange, banana, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APOBM (b) MBOPA (c) PAOBM (d) POBMA

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