Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 785 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 954694040531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9546 9400 40531 (b) 9546 9040 531 (c) 9546 9404 0531 (d) 9546 9440 0531
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, apple, needle, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAND (b) ANDG (c) DNAG (d) AGND
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 221942864. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 194 2864 (b) 221 942 864 (c) 229 142 864 (d) 219 428 64
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 580319103019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5803 1910 3019 (b) 5803 1910 301 (c) 5803 1910 03019 (d) 8503 1910 3019
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, parrot, ladder? (a) Play Lions Goats (b) Play Goats Lions (c) Goats Play Lions (d) Lions Play Goats
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 759425979113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7594 2597 9113 (b) 7594 2597 9131 (c) 7542 5979 113 (d) 7594 2597 79113
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, jeep, umbrella, sock, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKUSF (b) KJUSF (c) JUSFK (d) FSUJK
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 859843465. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 859 843 45 (b) 859 843 4465 (c) 895 843 465 (d) 859 843 465
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 402540349923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4025 4033 49923 (b) 4024 5034 9923 (c) 4025 4034 9923 (d) 0254 0349 923
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, frog, rope, mango, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMRFD (b) DFRMO (c) FRMOD (d) FDRMO
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 200189928630. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2001 8992 8630 (b) 2001 8992 86330 (c) 2001 8992 6830 (d) 2001 9928 630
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 894022699050. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8940 2299 050 (b) 8904 2269 9050 (c) 8940 2269 90550 (d) 8940 2269 9050
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, kettle, bucket? (a) Kind Big Wet (b) Big Kind Wet (c) Kind Wet Big (d) Wet Kind Big
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, candle, mirror, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMCV (b) CMWV (c) CVMW (d) VCMW
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, shoe, mango? (a) Sing Owls Mice (b) Mice Sing Owls (c) Owls Sing Mice (d) Sing Mice Owls
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, whistle, nest? (a) Wins Neat Lions (b) Lions Wins Neat (c) Wins Lions Neat (d) Neat Wins Lions
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, duck, pencil, orange, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDPOK (b) DWPOK (c) KOPDW (d) DPOKW
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, parrot, igloo, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIPC (b) PCIF (c) PIFC (d) CPIF
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8018934152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 801 934 152 (b) 081 893 4152 (c) 801 189 34152 (d) 801 893 4152

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