Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 550 · 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) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 332651918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 265 1918 (b) 326 519 18 (c) 332 651 918 (d) 332 651 981
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Goats Wise Silly (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Silly
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, jalebi, cat? (a) Jolly Sing Cats (b) Jolly Cats Sing (c) Sing Jolly Cats (d) Cats Jolly Sing
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, ice cream, goat? (a) Ice Red Green (b) Ice Green Red (c) Red Ice Green (d) Green Ice Red
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, spoon, banana, umpire, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFBUN (b) NUBSF (c) FSBUN (d) SBUNF
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, flute, umpire? (a) Fly Nani Uncle (b) Uncle Fly Nani (c) Fly Uncle Nani (d) Nani Fly Uncle
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 979255372. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 979 525 372 (b) 979 255 5372 (c) 979 253 72 (d) 979 255 372
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, ant, flute, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFGS (b) SAFG (c) ASFG (d) GFAS
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 836832225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 833 683 2225 (b) 836 322 25 (c) 863 832 225 (d) 836 832 225
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 226203021. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 203 021 (b) 226 203 021 (c) 222 620 3021 (d) 262 030 21
27. 27.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lazy Eight (b) Eight Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Pink Aunty Eight (d) Lazy Eight Pink Aunty
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 441031681456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4410 3168 11456 (b) 4401 3168 1456 (c) 4103 1681 456 (d) 4410 3168 1456
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
40. 40.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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