Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 437 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, coconut, ant? (a) Pigs Cats All (b) Cats Pigs All (c) All Cats Pigs (d) Cats All Pigs
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, rope, ant, igloo, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRAIN (b) RVAIN (c) NIARV (d) RAINV
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 971336583104. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9713 3658 1304 (b) 9713 3658 83104 (c) 9713 3658 3104 (d) 9713 3653 104
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, doll, sock? (a) All Dogs Seven (b) Dogs Seven All (c) Seven Dogs All (d) Dogs All Seven
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, key, pencil? (a) Kids Pigs Jolly (b) Kids Jolly Pigs (c) Jolly Kids Pigs (d) Pigs Kids Jolly
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 469593563. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 595 63 (b) 469 539 563 (c) 469 593 563 (d) 469 593 5563
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, shoe, lemon, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLSA (b) SLGA (c) ASLG (d) SALG
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 916531428271. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9156 3142 8271 (b) 9166 5314 28271 (c) 9165 3142 821 (d) 9165 3142 8271
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 811617775969. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8116 1777 5969 (b) 8111 6177 75969 (c) 8116 1777 5996 (d) 8161 7775 969
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 960026316318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9600 2633 16318 (b) 6900 2631 6318 (c) 9600 2631 6318 (d) 9602 6316 318
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, mirror, bucket? (a) Mum Bunny Owls (b) Mum Owls Bunny (c) Bunny Mum Owls (d) Owls Mum Bunny
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Nani Seven Wet (c) Eat Seven Wet Nani (d) Nani Eat Seven Wet
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Sing Wins Green (c) Wins Green Sing (d) Wins Sing Green
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 459578769640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4459 5787 69640 (b) 4595 7876 640 (c) 4595 7876 9640 (d) 4595 7876 9460
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, kettle, apple, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAKL (b) LKAR (c) KARL (d) KLAR
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE

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