Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 813 · 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.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 282700931. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 700 931 (b) 282 700 931 (c) 282 700 31 (d) 288 270 0931
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 792594247109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7925 9244 7109 (b) 7925 9424 77109 (c) 7925 9424 7109 (d) 7959 4247 109
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 802116970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 801 216 970 (b) 802 116 970 (c) 801 169 70 (d) 880 211 6970
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 3795277103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 397 527 7103 (b) 379 527 7103 (c) 379 527 710 (d) 379 527 71103
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, tomato, jeep? (a) Nani Tiny Jolly (b) Tiny Nani Jolly (c) Jolly Tiny Nani (d) Tiny Jolly Nani
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, mango, umbrella, ball, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBUMD (b) DMUBS (c) MDUBS (d) MUBSD
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, pencil, kite? (a) Seven Play Kind (b) Play Seven Kind (c) Play Kind Seven (d) Kind Play Seven
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 506050238. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 050 238 (b) 506 052 38 (c) 500 650 238 (d) 506 050 2388
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants (b) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 275162457. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 162 547 (b) 275 624 57 (c) 275 162 457 (d) 275 166 2457
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lions Eight (c) Lions Play Ants Eight (d) Eight Lions Play Ants
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, banana, umbrella, glass, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFUGO (b) BUGOF (c) OGUBF (d) FBUGO
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2253188876. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 318 88876 (b) 225 318 8867 (c) 253 188 876 (d) 225 318 8876
34. 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, frog, jug? (a) Frogs Red Jeeps (b) Jeeps Frogs Red (c) Frogs Jeeps Red (d) Red Frogs Jeeps
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, ball, rope? (a) Bakes Runs Funny (b) Runs Bakes Funny (c) Bakes Funny Runs (d) Funny Bakes Runs
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, guava, jeep? (a) Grab Tiny Jeeps (b) Tiny Grab Jeeps (c) Jeeps Grab Tiny (d) Grab Jeeps Tiny

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