Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 7 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, shoe, rose? (a) Runs Seven Ants (b) Ants Seven Runs (c) Seven Runs Ants (d) Seven Ants Runs
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, watch, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAWM (b) WMAF (c) MWAF (d) WAFM
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 981112601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 981 112 061 (b) 811 126 01 (c) 981 112 601 (d) 988 111 2601
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 670849291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 608 492 91 (b) 670 894 291 (c) 670 084 9291 (d) 670 849 291
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, sock, duck, owl, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDOKV (b) SVDOK (c) KODSV (d) VSDOK
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 311773342. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 773 42 (b) 311 773 432 (c) 311 773 342 (d) 311 177 3342
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 676266961732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6762 6669 1732 (b) 6762 6696 1732 (c) 6762 6696 17322 (d) 6626 6961 732
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, drum, candle, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCDI (b) DCNI (c) IDCN (d) DICN
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, candle, ball? (a) Cats Ants Bunny (b) Cats Bunny Ants (c) Ants Cats Bunny (d) Bunny Cats Ants
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Eat Pink Cats (c) Eat Cats Cats Pink (d) Eat Cats Pink Cats
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 8139057498. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 831 905 7498 (b) 813 905 7498 (c) 813 957 498 (d) 813 905 74998
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 923120701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 120 701 (b) 921 320 701 (c) 922 312 0701 (d) 923 207 01
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
31. 31.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 8773370877. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 877 337 08877 (b) 877 373 0877 (c) 877 337 077 (d) 877 337 0877
33. 33.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, onion, duck, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MODB (b) OMDB (c) ODBM (d) BDOM
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, inkpot, whistle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWIF (b) IWPF (c) FIWP (d) IFWP
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 554055268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 554 505 268 (b) 554 055 26 (c) 554 055 268 (d) 554 055 2668
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG

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