Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 464 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, onion, umpire, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUOL (b) LOUG (c) OUGL (d) OLUG
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, key, mango? (a) Kind Mice Play (b) Mice Kind Play (c) Play Kind Mice (d) Kind Play Mice
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs Ants (b) Eight Lazy Pigs Ants (c) Lazy Pigs Ants Eight (d) Ants Pigs Lazy Eight
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, bucket, ice cream? (a) Jump Bunny Inside (b) Bunny Inside Jump (c) Inside Bunny Jump (d) Bunny Jump Inside
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pink Ants (c) Love Pink Ants Eight (d) Eight Love Pink Ants
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 8648262670. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 864 826 6270 (b) 864 826 260 (c) 864 826 26700 (d) 864 826 2670
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 7362302692. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 623 02692 (b) 736 230 269 (c) 736 230 2692 (d) 376 230 2692
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1100504987. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 050 4897 (b) 110 050 4987 (c) 100 504 987 (d) 110 050 04987
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wins (b) Neat Eight Seven Wins (c) Eight Seven Wins Neat (d) Wins Seven Eight Neat
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tiger, radio, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRTP (b) TRJP (c) TPRJ (d) PTRJ
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 788754451. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 787 854 451 (b) 788 754 4451 (c) 788 754 51 (d) 788 754 451
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Every (c) Cats Every Play Cats (d) Every Cats Cats Play
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Goats (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Wise Goats Silly (d) Goats Wise Silly
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, van, ball, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBVM (b) VMBG (c) VBGM (d) MVBG
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Grab (b) Wise Grab Silly (c) Grab Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Grab
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, rose, ball, jeep, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJBRG (b) RGBJF (c) GRBJF (d) RBJFG
34. 34.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Love Every (b) Love Pink All Every (c) Every Love Pink All (d) Love Every Pink All
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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