Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 703 · 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.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, onion, bucket? (a) Old Goats Bakes (b) Old Bakes Goats (c) Bakes Old Goats (d) Goats Old Bakes
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, cat, net? (a) Neat Crazy Big (b) Big Crazy Neat (c) Crazy Big Neat (d) Crazy Neat Big
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ice cream, candle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICVA (b) AICV (c) IACV (d) VCIA
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 9519277000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 927 700 (b) 951 927 77000 (c) 951 927 7000 (d) 915 927 7000
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, pencil, orange, monkey, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMOPB (b) POMTB (c) BPOMT (d) PBOMT
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, vase, umbrella? (a) Very Wins Under (b) Under Very Wins (c) Very Under Wins (d) Wins Very Under
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, rose, onion, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DORP (b) PROD (c) RPOD (d) RODP
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, pillow, frog? (a) Funny Pink My (b) Pink Funny My (c) My Pink Funny (d) Pink My Funny
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 901093190. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 093 190 (b) 901 093 3190 (c) 900 931 90 (d) 900 193 190
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Seven Red (c) Seven Love Frogs Red (d) Red Seven Love Frogs
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8760273015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 870 273 015 (b) 876 027 3015 (c) 867 027 3015 (d) 876 022 73015
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Eat Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eat
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jalebi, goat, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJGK (b) KGJD (c) JGKD (d) JDGK
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, inkpot, ball? (a) Kids Ice Bakes (b) Ice Bakes Kids (c) Bakes Ice Kids (d) Ice Kids Bakes
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 398652197410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3865 2197 410 (b) 3398 6521 97410 (c) 3986 5219 7410 (d) 3986 5129 7410
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 125832433. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 125 824 33 (b) 125 832 433 (c) 112 583 2433 (d) 215 832 433
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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wise
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 159645800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 156 945 800 (b) 159 648 00 (c) 115 964 5800 (d) 159 645 800
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA

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