Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 724 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Seven Red (b) Seven Lazy Funny Red (c) Red Seven Lazy Funny (d) Seven Red Lazy Funny
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jalebi, doll? (a) Dance Jeeps Cook (b) Jeeps Cook Dance (c) Jeeps Dance Cook (d) Cook Jeeps Dance
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Funny Rani (b) Silly Rani Lions Funny (c) Rani Silly Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Silly Rani
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eight Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wins (d) Eight Seven Wins Neat
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 978236070896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9782 3070 896 (b) 9782 3607 0896 (c) 9782 3670 0896 (d) 9782 3600 70896
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 9205832296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 920 583 2296 (b) 922 058 32296 (c) 920 583 2269 (d) 905 832 296
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 325004582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 504 582 (b) 320 045 82 (c) 325 004 582 (d) 325 004 5822
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 756033738. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 756 033 7738 (b) 750 337 38 (c) 576 033 738 (d) 756 033 738
22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 295685711140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2956 8571 1140 (b) 2596 8571 1140 (c) 2568 5711 140 (d) 2956 8571 11440
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, ice cream, owl? (a) Old Ice Bakes (b) Ice Old Bakes (c) Ice Bakes Old (d) Bakes Ice Old
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 291221116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 291 221 11 (b) 291 221 116 (c) 291 221 161 (d) 291 222 1116
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Play Crazy (b) Every Cats Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Every (d) Cats Play Crazy Every
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 879000677417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8709 0067 7417 (b) 8790 0066 77417 (c) 8790 0067 747 (d) 8790 0067 7417
33. 33.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, jeep, drum, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDMP (b) MDJP (c) PJDM (d) JPDM
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mirror, rose, umpire, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLRUO (b) MRUOL (c) LMRUO (d) OURML
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wins (b) Eat Seven Wins Nine (c) Eat Nine Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eat Nine
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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