Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 471 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, frog, lemon, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFLR (b) RLFD (c) FLRD (d) FDLR
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 267793041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 677 930 41 (b) 267 793 041 (c) 267 799 3041 (d) 267 973 041
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Jump Mum Ants (c) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jump
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, key, coconut? (a) Kids Cook Ice (b) Cook Kids Ice (c) Ice Kids Cook (d) Kids Ice Cook
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, doll, coconut, nest, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRCNI (b) DCNIR (c) RDCNI (d) INCDR
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, drum, kite, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMKB (b) DKBM (c) MDKB (d) BKDM
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, duck, coconut? (a) Very Dad Cook (b) Dad Cook Very (c) Cook Dad Very (d) Dad Very Cook
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, jalebi, owl? (a) Ants Jump Old (b) Old Jump Ants (c) Jump Old Ants (d) Jump Ants Old
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, pillow, tiger, lemon, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLTPI (b) PITLG (c) IPTLG (d) PTLGI
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Play Cats (b) Cook Play Cats Every (c) Every Cook Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cook Every
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Every (c) Crazy Pink Cook Every (d) Cook Every Pink Crazy
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, banana, jug? (a) Jolly Bunny Very (b) Very Bunny Jolly (c) Bunny Jolly Very (d) Bunny Very Jolly
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 530104225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 530 010 4225 (b) 530 014 225 (c) 530 104 225 (d) 530 104 25
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1283110445. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 128 311 0454 (b) 128 311 0445 (c) 128 310 445 (d) 128 331 10445
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, glass, kettle, coconut, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKCMO (b) MCKGO (c) GOKCM (d) OGKCM
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 300907413871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3000 7413 871 (b) 3009 0741 3871 (c) 3009 0741 8371 (d) 3000 9074 13871
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, tiger, watch, jalebi, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTWJR (b) TMWJR (c) TWJRM (d) RJWTM
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC

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