Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 44 · 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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, banana, flute, ice cream, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFIRT (b) TBFIR (c) RIFBT (d) BTFIR
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Love Funny (b) Silly Love Funny Rani (c) Funny Love Silly Rani (d) Rani Silly Love Funny
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, onion, tiger? (a) Ice Old Toys (b) Old Ice Toys (c) Toys Old Ice (d) Old Toys Ice
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, urn, jeep, apple, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDJAN (b) NAJUD (c) UJAND (d) DUJAN
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, duck, ice cream? (a) Dad Old Ice (b) Old Dad Ice (c) Ice Dad Old (d) Dad Ice Old
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, glass, radio, lemon, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALRGM (b) GMRLA (c) GRLAM (d) MGRLA
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 671616837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 168 37 (b) 671 616 837 (c) 671 616 873 (d) 671 161 6837
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Silly Wet (b) Eight Neat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eight Neat (d) Eight Silly Wet Neat
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, lemon, frog? (a) Silly Love Funny (b) Love Funny Silly (c) Funny Love Silly (d) Love Silly Funny
29. 29.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, vase, coconut? (a) Vans Kids Cook (b) Cook Vans Kids (c) Kids Vans Cook (d) Vans Cook Kids
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, needle, umpire? (a) Nani Under Rani (b) Nani Rani Under (c) Rani Nani Under (d) Under Nani Rani
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Nani (b) Nani Eat Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eat Nani (d) Eat Nani Sing Wins
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 654508596539. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6554 0859 6539 (b) 6545 0885 96539 (c) 6545 0859 6539 (d) 6450 8596 539
35. 35.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, umpire, drum, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDUC (b) UDPC (c) CUDP (d) UCDP
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 349613061. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 630 61 (b) 349 613 061 (c) 439 613 061 (d) 344 961 3061

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