Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 556 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 824870446. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 824 807 446 (b) 882 487 0446 (c) 848 704 46 (d) 824 870 446
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 185389006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 183 890 06 (b) 185 389 0006 (c) 185 389 006 (d) 183 589 006
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, frog, doll, lamp, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLDFA (b) FDLPA (c) AFDLP (d) FADLP
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, kettle, tiger, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTKS (b) KTOS (c) SKTO (d) KSTO
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 558736306246. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5587 3630 6246 (b) 5587 3633 06246 (c) 5587 3630 2646 (d) 5587 3630 246
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Every (b) Cats Pink Crazy Every (c) Every Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Every Pink Crazy
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 342048943505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3420 4894 3550 (b) 3420 0489 43505 (c) 3420 4943 505 (d) 3420 4894 3505
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Sing Wise (b) Eight Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Eight Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eight Nani
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, duck, radio, mirror, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDRMO (b) DLRMO (c) OMRDL (d) DRMOL
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, flute, lemon, ice cream, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFLIP (b) FLIPA (c) FALIP (d) PILFA
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My Ants (b) Jolly Funny My Ants (c) Ants My Funny Jolly (d) Funny My Ants Jolly
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, sock, kite, owl, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKOIV (b) SVKOI (c) VSKOI (d) IOKSV
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, whistle, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFWM (b) WMFO (c) MWFO (d) WFOM
31. 31.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lions Fly (b) Sing Lions Fly Rani (c) Rani Sing Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Sing Rani
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, lemon, urn, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIUJ (b) ILUJ (c) LUJI (d) JULI
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Green (b) Seven Wins Green (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Green Wins Seven
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, tent, jalebi? (a) Jump Tiny Dad (b) Tiny Dad Jump (c) Dad Tiny Jump (d) Tiny Jump Dad
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 249824985. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 249 824 985 (b) 249 849 85 (c) 224 982 4985 (d) 294 824 985
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, drum, vase? (a) Old Dad Vans (b) Dad Old Vans (c) Dad Vans Old (d) Vans Dad Old

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