Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 691 · 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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (b) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (c) Lions Eight Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Eight
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 297070436874. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2970 7403 6874 (b) 9707 0436 874 (c) 2297 0704 36874 (d) 2970 7043 6874
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, owl, jeep, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOJW (b) WJOT (c) OTJW (d) OJWT
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5830337828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 583 033 7288 (b) 583 033 7828 (c) 583 033 77828 (d) 583 033 728
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 5988763031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 589 876 3031 (b) 598 876 30031 (c) 598 873 031 (d) 598 876 3031
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Love Frogs (b) Silly Rani Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Silly Rani (d) Silly Love Frogs Rani
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 186740454916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1867 4044 54916 (b) 1687 4045 4916 (c) 1864 0454 916 (d) 1867 4045 4916
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 480983351. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 480 983 3351 (b) 489 083 351 (c) 480 983 351 (d) 809 833 51
21. 21.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, frog, kettle, owl, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKOAP (b) AOKFP (c) FPKOA (d) PFKOA
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 952266975334. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9522 6697 53334 (b) 9526 2697 5334 (c) 9522 6697 534 (d) 9522 6697 5334
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 7329638667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 732 963 667 (b) 372 963 8667 (c) 732 963 86667 (d) 732 963 8667
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 225363961718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2536 3961 718 (b) 2253 6396 7118 (c) 2253 6396 11718 (d) 2253 6396 1718
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, rose, anchor? (a) Sing Rani All (b) Rani All Sing (c) All Rani Sing (d) Rani Sing All
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 646776962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 646 776 962 (b) 664 776 962 (c) 644 677 6962 (d) 647 769 62
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, goat, jeep? (a) Goats Toys Jolly (b) Jolly Goats Toys (c) Toys Goats Jolly (d) Goats Jolly Toys
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 144552217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 555 2217 (b) 144 552 217 (c) 144 552 271 (d) 445 522 17
34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 270459721055. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2704 5972 1055 (b) 2700 4597 21055 (c) 2704 9721 055 (d) 7204 5972 1055
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, frog, igloo, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCIW (b) FIWC (c) CFIW (d) WIFC
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, flute, violin, banana, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBVFL (b) FLVBO (c) FVBOL (d) LFVBO
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence

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