Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 429 · 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 steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Every (b) Cook Every Play Cats (c) Cook Play Cats Every (d) Every Cook Play Cats
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 820665065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 650 65 (b) 826 065 065 (c) 820 665 065 (d) 820 066 5065
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Ants (b) Love Pink Ants Every (c) Every Love Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Love Every
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, nest, umpire? (a) Nine Toys Up (b) Up Nine Toys (c) Nine Up Toys (d) Toys Nine Up
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 932178289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 932 178 2289 (b) 921 782 89 (c) 931 278 289 (d) 932 178 289
12. 12.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 8214520190. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 452 019 (b) 821 542 0190 (c) 821 452 0190 (d) 822 145 20190
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 761658098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 658 098 (b) 761 650 98 (c) 761 658 0998 (d) 761 658 098
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Sing (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Wins Goats Sing (d) Sing Wins Goats
20. 20.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, cat, sock? (a) Crazy Owls Sing (b) Sing Crazy Owls (c) Crazy Sing Owls (d) Owls Crazy Sing
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, mirror, banana? (a) My All Bunny (b) My Bunny All (c) Bunny My All (d) All My Bunny
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Cats (b) Crazy Play Cats Eight (c) Cats Play Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Play Cats
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jeep, goat, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGNC (b) JCGN (c) NGJC (d) CJGN
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, ladder, drum? (a) Cats Lions Dad (b) Dad Lions Cats (c) Lions Dad Cats (d) Lions Cats Dad
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 341070772621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3417 0077 2621 (b) 3107 0772 621 (c) 3410 7077 2621 (d) 3411 0707 72621
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 1102289258. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 228 9258 (b) 110 228 9528 (c) 110 222 89258 (d) 110 228 928
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, fan, candle, sock, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCSAB (b) BFCSA (c) ASCFB (d) FBCSA

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