Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 606 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, pillow, tent, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTMK (b) MTPK (c) PKTM (d) KPTM
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 4913769783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 491 376 9783 (b) 491 376 97883 (c) 491 376 983 (d) 491 376 7983
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, spoon, jug, watch, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJWBA (b) ASJWB (c) SAJWB (d) BWJSA
8. 8.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, coconut, nest? (a) Crazy Jeeps Nani (b) Nani Crazy Jeeps (c) Crazy Nani Jeeps (d) Jeeps Crazy Nani
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (b) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (d) Aunty Play Lazy Eight
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, key, shoe? (a) Silly Kites Ants (b) Ants Kites Silly (c) Kites Silly Ants (d) Kites Ants Silly
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 903537698629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9035 3769 8629 (b) 9035 3769 629 (c) 9053 3769 8629 (d) 9035 3769 98629
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, violin, inkpot? (a) Vines Funny Ice (b) Funny Vines Ice (c) Vines Ice Funny (d) Ice Vines Funny
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tent, umbrella, flute, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTUFV (b) TKUFV (c) VFUTK (d) TUFVK
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, owl, igloo? (a) Owls Crazy Ice (b) Owls Ice Crazy (c) Ice Owls Crazy (d) Crazy Owls Ice
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Seven
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ball, net, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNBD (b) BDNK (c) BNKD (d) DBNK
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, coconut, goat, sock, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGSBO (b) COGSB (c) BSGCO (d) OCGSB
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 403181890065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4031 8198 0065 (b) 4403 1818 90065 (c) 0318 1890 065 (d) 4031 8189 0065
38. 38.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, jalebi, pillow, ant, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPAMO (b) MAPJO (c) JOPAM (d) OJPAM

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