Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 411 · 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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, urn, nest? (a) Nine Uncle Bakes (b) Bakes Uncle Nine (c) Uncle Nine Bakes (d) Uncle Bakes Nine
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, banana, igloo, mirror, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGIMD (b) BIMDG (c) DMIBG (d) GBIMD
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, mango, umbrella, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUMF (b) MFUT (c) FMUT (d) MUTF
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 640240427036. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6402 0442 7036 (b) 6402 4042 7036 (c) 6424 0427 036 (d) 6640 2404 27036
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 531377402384. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3137 7402 384 (b) 5313 7774 02384 (c) 5313 7470 2384 (d) 5313 7740 2384
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 169081143018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6908 1143 018 (b) 1690 8114 3018 (c) 1690 8113 4018 (d) 1690 8111 43018
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, rope, banana, cat, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUBCJ (b) URBCJ (c) JCBRU (d) RBCJU
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, pencil, anchor? (a) All Play Kids (b) Play Kids All (c) Kids Play All (d) Play All Kids
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, umpire, van? (a) Uncle Vans Cats (b) Vans Uncle Cats (c) Cats Uncle Vans (d) Uncle Cats Vans
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 141545386. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 141 543 586 (b) 415 453 86 (c) 141 545 5386 (d) 141 545 386
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, parrot, watch, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWKA (b) APWK (c) KWPA (d) PAWK
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 898875881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 898 875 81 (b) 898 875 881 (c) 898 875 8811 (d) 889 875 881
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, mirror, glass? (a) Mum Lazy Grab (b) Lazy Mum Grab (c) Mum Grab Lazy (d) Grab Mum Lazy
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, net, fan? (a) Funny Nine Dogs (b) Dogs Nine Funny (c) Nine Funny Dogs (d) Nine Dogs Funny
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3277355698. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 355 698 (b) 327 735 5698 (c) 327 773 55698 (d) 327 753 5698
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Sing Wet Goats (d) Wet Sing Goats
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mirror, jalebi, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMJB (b) MJBK (c) MKJB (d) BJMK
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, shoe, duck, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDUC (b) CSDU (c) UDSC (d) SCDU
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ball, flute? (a) Funny Big Pigs (b) Big Pigs Funny (c) Pigs Big Funny (d) Big Funny Pigs
34. 34.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 100919813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 109 198 13 (b) 100 919 813 (c) 100 919 831 (d) 100 919 8133
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, ball, apple? (a) Dance Bunny Ants (b) Bunny Ants Dance (c) Ants Bunny Dance (d) Bunny Dance Ants
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Frogs (c) Rani Seven Lazy Frogs (d) Seven Lazy Frogs Rani

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