Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 539 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Grab Wise Seven
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, frog, sock? (a) Bakes Fly Seven (b) Seven Fly Bakes (c) Fly Seven Bakes (d) Fly Bakes Seven
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, umpire, ball? (a) Lazy Up Bunny (b) Up Bunny Lazy (c) Up Lazy Bunny (d) Bunny Up Lazy
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, coconut, umpire? (a) Cats Uncle Lazy (b) Cats Lazy Uncle (c) Uncle Cats Lazy (d) Lazy Cats Uncle
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 461043614. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 034 614 (b) 610 436 14 (c) 461 043 614 (d) 446 104 3614
12. 12.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, anchor, monkey? (a) Dad Aunty My (b) Aunty Dad My (c) My Aunty Dad (d) Aunty My Dad
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (c) Crazy Eight Pigs Cook (d) Eight Crazy Pigs Cook
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jalebi, igloo, tent, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTIJG (b) JITMG (c) JGITM (d) GJITM
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Cook Pink (b) Eat Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cook Eat (d) Cook Eat Pink Cook
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, mirror, van? (a) Play Mum Very (b) Very Mum Play (c) Mum Very Play (d) Mum Play Very
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 864028318982. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8640 2813 8982 (b) 8640 2831 89982 (c) 8602 8318 982 (d) 8640 2831 8982
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 812693898. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 812 699 3898 (b) 812 693 898 (c) 182 693 898 (d) 812 693 88
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, jalebi, onion? (a) Toys Jump Owls (b) Jump Toys Owls (c) Jump Owls Toys (d) Owls Jump Toys
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, shoe, umbrella, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUVW (b) WSUV (c) SWUV (d) VUSW
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, guava, frog? (a) Green Funny Dogs (b) Green Dogs Funny (c) Funny Green Dogs (d) Dogs Green Funny
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 518950812567. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5189 5081 2657 (b) 5189 5081 12567 (c) 5195 0812 567 (d) 5189 5081 2567
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA

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