Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 681 · 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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, pencil, doll? (a) Dance Pink Silly (b) Silly Pink Dance (c) Pink Silly Dance (d) Pink Dance Silly
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 8501514203. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 015 14203 (b) 501 514 203 (c) 805 151 4203 (d) 850 151 4203
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
10. 10.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 684112826024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6841 1282 624 (b) 6841 1228 6024 (c) 6684 1128 26024 (d) 6841 1282 6024
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 207992644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 992 644 (b) 207 926 44 (c) 207 992 644 (d) 207 992 6444
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 481869979. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 481 896 979 (b) 481 699 79 (c) 448 186 9979 (d) 481 869 979
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2490903410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 090 3410 (b) 249 090 34110 (c) 249 090 3410 (d) 249 090 410
22. 22.✏️ 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) Green Wins Seven (d) Wins Green Seven
23. 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Green Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jump (c) Fly Mice All Jump (d) Jump Fly Mice All
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Eight (b) Eight Lions Pink Ants (c) Lions Eight Pink Ants (d) Lions Pink Ants Eight
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, key, onion? (a) Kids Owls Jeeps (b) Owls Kids Jeeps (c) Jeeps Kids Owls (d) Kids Jeeps Owls
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, jalebi, doll, bucket, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDBNO (b) JODBN (c) NBDJO (d) OJDBN
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, tent, bucket? (a) Bunny Tiny Mice (b) Tiny Mice Bunny (c) Tiny Bunny Mice (d) Mice Tiny Bunny
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 307918633836. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3079 1863 336 (b) 3079 1863 3836 (c) 3709 1863 3836 (d) 3079 1866 33836
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 6664816371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 666 481 6371 (b) 666 648 16371 (c) 666 481 6317 (d) 666 416 371
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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