Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 763 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, pencil, spoon? (a) Pink Silly Fly (b) Pink Fly Silly (c) Silly Pink Fly (d) Fly Pink Silly
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, watch, rose, van, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVRWP (b) WRVFP (c) PWRVF (d) WPRVF
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
8. 8.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 844668651679. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8446 6865 1679 (b) 8446 6865 16799 (c) 8446 6856 1679 (d) 8466 8651 679
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 802617676. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 880 261 7676 (b) 802 617 76 (c) 082 617 676 (d) 802 617 676
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, whistle, ant? (a) Aunty Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Aunty (c) Wise Aunty Sing (d) Sing Wise Aunty
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, banana, whistle? (a) Bunny Nine Wet (b) Nine Bunny Wet (c) Wet Bunny Nine (d) Bunny Wet Nine
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 961394454104. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9613 4945 4104 (b) 9613 9445 41044 (c) 6139 4454 104 (d) 9613 9445 4104
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ant, jug, lamp, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANJLT (b) AJLTN (c) TLJAN (d) NAJLT
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eat (b) Crazy Eat Play Cats (c) Cats Play Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Play Cats
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, bucket, onion, kite, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBOKC (b) BOKCU (c) CKOBU (d) BUOKC
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 276780488617. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2776 8048 8617 (b) 2767 8048 8617 (c) 7678 0488 617 (d) 2767 8048 88617
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, tent, frog? (a) Tea Funny Lions (b) Lions Tea Funny (c) Funny Tea Lions (d) Tea Lions Funny
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 105783045033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1057 8045 033 (b) 1057 8304 5033 (c) 1057 8330 45033 (d) 1057 8304 0533
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, duck, frog, jalebi, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLFJN (b) NJFDL (c) LDFJN (d) DFJNL
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Wins Goats Seven
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jalebi, lamp, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLAI (b) ALJI (c) JILA (d) IJLA

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