Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 546 · 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 acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 812909812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 129 098 12 (b) 812 909 812 (c) 812 990 812 (d) 811 290 9812
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, apple, tiger, sock, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OATSC (b) AOTSC (c) ATSCO (d) CSTAO
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 410935411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 410 935 11 (b) 410 933 5411 (c) 410 935 411 (d) 410 934 511
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2901202165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 291 020 2165 (b) 290 120 2165 (c) 290 102 165 (d) 290 120 21165
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Fly Jeeps
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, banana, nest, lemon, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBNLG (b) BWNLG (c) BNLGW (d) GLNBW
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 7009262302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 926 202 (b) 700 926 3202 (c) 700 092 62302 (d) 700 926 2302
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 793184084. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 793 184 804 (b) 793 140 84 (c) 793 184 084 (d) 793 188 4084
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, sock, pencil, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPTN (b) SNPT (c) TPSN (d) NSPT
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 564865547644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5648 6655 47644 (b) 5468 6554 7644 (c) 5648 6554 7644 (d) 5648 6557 644
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, mango, rope? (a) Mum Kind Red (b) Red Mum Kind (c) Mum Red Kind (d) Kind Mum Red
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Frogs Rani (b) Frogs Love Sing Rani (c) Rani Sing Love Frogs (d) Sing Rani Love Frogs
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, fan, kite, mango, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMKFJ (b) FJKMB (c) JFKMB (d) FKMBJ
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Goats (b) Wins Goats Silly (c) Goats Wins Silly (d) Silly Wins Goats
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rose, sock, tiger, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDSTC (b) CTSRD (c) RSTCD (d) DRSTC
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, urn, fan, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJFN (b) UFNJ (c) JUFN (d) NFUJ
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, vase, doll? (a) Dance Vines Wins (b) Vines Wins Dance (c) Wins Vines Dance (d) Vines Dance Wins
40. 40.🧰 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

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