Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 754 · 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 acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 918910683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 910 683 (b) 918 991 0683 (c) 918 190 683 (d) 918 106 83
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jalebi, tomato, inkpot, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OITJD (b) JTIOD (c) JDTIO (d) DJTIO
13. 13.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 633598067. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 635 980 67 (b) 635 398 067 (c) 633 598 067 (d) 633 598 8067
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Sing Wins Green
23. 23.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 767132208. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 767 123 208 (b) 767 132 2088 (c) 761 322 08 (d) 767 132 208
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pencil, net, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNGUT (b) UGNPT (c) TPNGU (d) PTNGU
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (d) Cook Eight Pigs Cook
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, pillow, wallet? (a) Pink Wise Inside (b) Inside Pink Wise (c) Pink Inside Wise (d) Wise Pink Inside
29. 29.🔤 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
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3437580328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 343 758 80328 (b) 343 758 0328 (c) 343 758 3028 (d) 343 758 038
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, wallet, fan? (a) Fly Wins Under (b) Wins Under Fly (c) Wins Fly Under (d) Under Wins Fly
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, doll, ice cream, anchor, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOIAG (b) ODIAG (c) GAIDO (d) DIAGO
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 430633753318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4330 6337 53318 (b) 4306 3357 3318 (c) 4306 3375 3318 (d) 4306 3353 318
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 968804010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 988 040 10 (b) 968 804 010 (c) 968 804 0110 (d) 968 840 010
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, violin, wallet? (a) Wise Vans Funny (b) Funny Vans Wise (c) Vans Funny Wise (d) Vans Wise Funny
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 113219858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 198 58 (b) 113 129 858 (c) 113 219 8858 (d) 113 219 858

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