Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 735 · 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: pillow, flute, nest, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFNV (b) FPNV (c) FNVP (d) VNFP
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1206223061. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 622 361 (b) 120 622 3061 (c) 120 622 3016 (d) 120 062 23061
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 5701497154. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 570 149 71554 (b) 570 147 154 (c) 570 149 7154 (d) 570 149 7145
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, coconut, parrot, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCPM (b) CDPM (c) MPCD (d) CPMD
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 907635436890. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9063 5436 890 (b) 9076 3543 6890 (c) 9076 5343 6890 (d) 9076 3543 66890
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
9. 9.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, rose, whistle, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWRU (b) RWSU (c) URWS (d) RUWS
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Love Funny (b) Sing Love Funny Red (c) Sing Red Love Funny (d) Funny Love Sing Red
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, onion, candle? (a) Owls Cats Big (b) Big Owls Cats (c) Owls Big Cats (d) Cats Owls Big
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, fan, watch, pillow, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWPTR (b) RFWPT (c) TPWFR (d) FRWPT
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, radio, banana? (a) Big Rani Seven (b) Rani Big Seven (c) Seven Rani Big (d) Rani Seven Big
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 474884161992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4748 8416 1929 (b) 4748 8416 992 (c) 4748 8841 61992 (d) 4748 8416 1992
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, wallet, parrot? (a) Wise Pigs Big (b) Wise Big Pigs (c) Big Wise Pigs (d) Pigs Wise Big
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Fly (b) Seven Lions Fly Red (c) Fly Lions Seven Red (d) Red Seven Lions Fly
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, mirror, bucket? (a) Bakes My Cats (b) My Cats Bakes (c) My Bakes Cats (d) Cats My Bakes
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 252157965. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 252 157 956 (b) 521 579 65 (c) 252 157 9665 (d) 252 157 965
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 3966321329. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 369 632 1329 (b) 396 632 13329 (c) 396 632 329 (d) 396 632 1329
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 263942651923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2639 4265 1923 (b) 2639 4265 1932 (c) 2394 2651 923 (d) 2633 9426 51923
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 201063052. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 201 063 025 (b) 201 063 052 (c) 010 630 52 (d) 201 063 3052
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, tiger, drum, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTDC (b) TPDC (c) CDTP (d) TDCP
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, violin, key? (a) Very Wins Kites (b) Kites Very Wins (c) Wins Very Kites (d) Very Kites Wins
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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