Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 593 · 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: glass, banana, parrot, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBPA (b) BGPA (c) BPAG (d) APBG
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rope, nest, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDNL (b) LNRD (c) RNLD (d) DRNL
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 112241529. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 214 529 (b) 112 241 59 (c) 112 241 529 (d) 111 224 1529
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
7. 7.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, spoon, urn? (a) Silly Under Mum (b) Silly Mum Under (c) Mum Silly Under (d) Under Silly Mum
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 9087048326. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 704 88326 (b) 908 704 8326 (c) 908 708 326 (d) 980 704 8326
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, flute, inkpot, lemon, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVILC (b) CLIFV (c) FILCV (d) VFILC
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants (b) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat
16. 16.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, guava, duck, sock, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDSIN (b) NGDSI (c) ISDGN (d) GNDSI
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, mirror, anchor, duck, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMADJ (b) MCADJ (c) MADJC (d) JDAMC
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, glass, duck? (a) Grab Jump Dogs (b) Dogs Grab Jump (c) Grab Dogs Jump (d) Jump Grab Dogs
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, ant, pillow, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALPR (b) RPAL (c) APRL (d) LAPR
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 344708869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 434 708 869 (b) 344 700 8869 (c) 447 088 69 (d) 344 708 869
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8376752661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 837 675 2661 (b) 837 652 661 (c) 836 775 2661 (d) 833 767 52661
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 866983392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 833 92 (b) 866 983 329 (c) 866 983 3392 (d) 866 983 392
32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 338251156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 338 215 156 (b) 333 825 1156 (c) 338 251 156 (d) 338 251 56
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, inkpot, onion? (a) Pink Inside Only (b) Inside Pink Only (c) Inside Only Pink (d) Only Inside Pink
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 696847275592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6968 4727 5592 (b) 6968 4727 55592 (c) 6968 4727 5529 (d) 9684 7275 592
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (b) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (d) Sing Rani Lazy Fly
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, urn, wallet? (a) Under Goats Wins (b) Wins Under Goats (c) Goats Under Wins (d) Under Wins Goats
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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