Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 725 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, fan, candle, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCTN (b) NFCT (c) TCFN (d) FNCT
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, kite, banana, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDBI (b) IBKD (c) KBID (d) DKBI
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Goats (c) Seven Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Seven
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mice All (b) Funny Mice All Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mice All (d) All Mice Funny Jolly
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 9054805343. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 905 485 343 (b) 905 408 5343 (c) 905 480 5343 (d) 900 548 05343
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 298326937610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2983 2693 77610 (b) 2983 2693 7610 (c) 2893 2693 7610 (d) 2983 2697 610
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, tent, onion, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUOA (b) UTOA (c) AOTU (d) TOAU
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jeep, apple, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSAW (b) JAWS (c) SJAW (d) WAJS
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Sing Rani (b) Sing Rani Love Funny (c) Rani Sing Love Funny (d) Sing Love Funny Rani
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, guava, cat? (a) Cook Green Lions (b) Green Lions Cook (c) Green Cook Lions (d) Lions Green Cook
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Silly (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Silly Grab (d) Silly Wins Grab
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, whistle, banana, igloo, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIBWL (b) WBIGL (c) LWBIG (d) WLBIG
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, key, banana? (a) Kites Only Bunny (b) Kites Bunny Only (c) Only Kites Bunny (d) Bunny Kites Only
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 779345429459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7793 4542 94599 (b) 7734 5429 459 (c) 7793 4542 9459 (d) 7793 4542 9549
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lazy Frogs (b) Silly Lazy Frogs Red (c) Frogs Lazy Silly Red (d) Red Silly Lazy Frogs
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 558430557577. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5584 3057 577 (b) 5583 4055 7577 (c) 5588 4305 57577 (d) 5584 3055 7577
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, duck, mirror, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMNR (b) RDMN (c) NMDR (d) DRMN
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 240823247780. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2408 2327 780 (b) 2408 2322 47780 (c) 2408 2324 7780 (d) 2408 3224 7780
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, kite, coconut? (a) Cook Kites Vans (b) Kites Vans Cook (c) Vans Kites Cook (d) Kites Cook Vans
40. 40.🧰 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

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