Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 800 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1492422561. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 149 242 2561 (b) 419 242 2561 (c) 149 242 22561 (d) 149 242 561
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2868117604. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 868 117 604 (b) 286 811 7640 (c) 286 811 7604 (d) 288 681 17604
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 8502014623. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 850 021 4623 (b) 850 201 4623 (c) 850 014 623 (d) 885 020 14623
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, urn, kite? (a) Kids Under Tea (b) Under Tea Kids (c) Tea Under Kids (d) Under Kids Tea
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 1697982886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 169 789 2886 (b) 169 798 2886 (c) 169 798 28866 (d) 697 982 886
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, fan, orange, whistle, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPOWG (b) GWOFP (c) PFOWG (d) FOWGP
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Eat (b) Lions Pink Aunty Eat (c) Eat Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Eat Pink Aunty
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lazy Funny (b) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Silly Rani
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 369061753201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3690 6175 3210 (b) 3690 6175 32001 (c) 3690 1753 201 (d) 3690 6175 3201
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, bucket, jug? (a) Bunny Jeeps Goats (b) Bunny Goats Jeeps (c) Jeeps Bunny Goats (d) Goats Bunny Jeeps
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, goat, needle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNAB (b) ANGB (c) GBNA (d) BGNA
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3509914968. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 919 4968 (b) 509 914 968 (c) 350 999 14968 (d) 350 991 4968
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, tent, kite? (a) Tea Ants Kites (b) Tea Kites Ants (c) Kites Tea Ants (d) Ants Tea Kites
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, rope, van? (a) Runs Wins Very (b) Wins Runs Very (c) Runs Very Wins (d) Very Runs Wins
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 866601695. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 866 660 1695 (b) 866 016 95 (c) 866 610 695 (d) 866 601 695
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Wet Goats Silly (d) Silly Wet Goats
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, guava, whistle, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWGF (b) FGWV (c) GFWV (d) GWVF
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pink Cook
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG

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