Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 586 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, doll, umpire, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDUW (b) DUWV (c) DVUW (d) WUDV
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 1141257091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 114 125 7019 (b) 114 257 091 (c) 111 412 57091 (d) 114 125 7091
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Sing (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Sing Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Sing
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, umpire, kite, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKRM (b) RKUM (c) UMKR (d) MUKR
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (c) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Eight
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 5672229550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 222 9550 (b) 567 229 550 (c) 567 222 9550 (d) 567 222 95550
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, pillow, radio? (a) Play Lions Red (b) Red Play Lions (c) Lions Play Red (d) Play Red Lions
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 515161149071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5156 1149 071 (b) 5151 6114 9017 (c) 5151 6611 49071 (d) 5151 6114 9071
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 696375478. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 696 375 478 (b) 696 374 78 (c) 696 375 4478 (d) 669 375 478
15. 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, mango, radio? (a) My Owls Rani (b) My Rani Owls (c) Owls My Rani (d) Rani My Owls
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Every Nani (b) Every Silly Wins Nani (c) Every Nani Silly Wins (d) Nani Every Silly Wins
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 5869018992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 901 89922 (b) 586 901 8992 (c) 586 091 8992 (d) 586 908 992
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 826302381. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 826 302 3381 (b) 823 023 81 (c) 862 302 381 (d) 826 302 381
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, igloo, fan, radio, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICFRM (b) IFRMC (c) CIFRM (d) MRFIC
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 354041409. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 354 014 09 (b) 354 014 409 (c) 354 044 1409 (d) 354 041 409
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Every (b) Love Every Pink Ants (c) Every Love Pink Ants (d) Love Pink Ants Every
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump My Aunty (b) Jump Fly My Aunty (c) Aunty My Fly Jump (d) Fly My Aunty Jump
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lamp, wallet, needle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWNCB (b) CNWLB (c) BLWNC (d) LBWNC
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, whistle, van, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWVC (b) WVCS (c) WSVC (d) CVWS
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, spoon, vase, flute, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOVFW (b) OSVFW (c) WFVSO (d) SVFWO
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, lamp, mirror, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMLK (b) LKMA (c) LMAK (d) KLMA
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, shoe, pillow? (a) Pink Silly Neat (b) Silly Neat Pink (c) Silly Pink Neat (d) Neat Silly Pink
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Love Funny (b) Silly Red Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Red (d) Silly Love Funny Red
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, flute, lamp, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBLP (b) FLPB (c) PLFB (d) BFLP
40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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