Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 772 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, fan, rope? (a) Runs Funny Ink (b) Funny Ink Runs (c) Ink Funny Runs (d) Funny Runs Ink
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 9931830666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 993 180 3666 (b) 993 118 30666 (c) 993 180 666 (d) 993 183 0666
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, umpire, owl? (a) Up Owls Cats (b) Cats Up Owls (c) Owls Up Cats (d) Up Cats Owls
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, coconut, kettle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCKO (b) CKOF (c) CFKO (d) OKCF
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 412537095282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4125 7309 5282 (b) 4125 3705 282 (c) 4125 3370 95282 (d) 4125 3709 5282
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, tomato, inkpot, fan, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFITD (b) DTIFK (c) TDIFK (d) TIFKD
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, spoon, ant, candle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPACG (b) GCASP (c) SACGP (d) PSACG
12. 12.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 295573730. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 295 573 30 (b) 295 573 7730 (c) 295 573 730 (d) 925 573 730
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 432277691190. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4322 7691 190 (b) 4332 2776 91190 (c) 4322 7769 1190 (d) 3422 7769 1190
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 221081006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 221 081 006 (b) 221 008 1006 (c) 221 081 06 (d) 221 801 006
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, anchor, owl, duck, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASODM (b) SAODM (c) MDOAS (d) AODMS
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Crazy
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lions Funny (b) Sing Lions Funny Rani (c) Sing Rani Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Rani
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 697082432. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 697 082 432 (b) 697 082 2432 (c) 679 082 432 (d) 697 082 32
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, urn, monkey, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUMC (b) CMUN (c) UMCN (d) UNMC
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, owl, umpire? (a) Runs Owls Under (b) Owls Under Runs (c) Under Owls Runs (d) Owls Runs Under
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, doll, radio, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRMT (b) DTRM (c) MRDT (d) TDRM
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5737325517. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 577 373 25517 (b) 573 732 551 (c) 573 732 5517 (d) 753 732 5517
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ball, radio, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRBO (b) BRDO (c) OBRD (d) BORD
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, banana, pencil, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPBW (b) BPFW (c) WBPF (d) BWPF
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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