Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 862 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, urn, cat? (a) Up Funny Cook (b) Up Cook Funny (c) Cook Up Funny (d) Funny Up Cook
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 244505386. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 244 055 386 (b) 244 505 86 (c) 244 505 386 (d) 224 450 5386
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 514589059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 514 589 059 (b) 514 589 9059 (c) 514 890 59 (d) 514 598 059
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, jalebi, nest, pillow, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JANPF (b) FPNJA (c) JNPFA (d) AJNPF
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 239683751. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 837 51 (b) 233 968 3751 (c) 239 687 351 (d) 239 683 751
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 518109755544. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5181 0975 5544 (b) 5181 0957 5544 (c) 5181 0977 55544 (d) 5181 0955 544
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 2673553536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 276 355 3536 (b) 267 355 3536 (c) 267 355 353 (d) 226 735 53536
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, van, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVSN (b) SVMN (c) SNVM (d) NSVM
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Play Cook (b) Cook Eight Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Cook Play
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 2656233469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 265 662 33469 (b) 265 623 349 (c) 265 623 3469 (d) 265 632 3469
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, van, inkpot? (a) Ice Vines Tiny (b) Tiny Vines Ice (c) Vines Ice Tiny (d) Vines Tiny Ice
27. 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 824908954. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 842 908 954 (b) 824 990 8954 (c) 824 908 54 (d) 824 908 954
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, ice cream, sock? (a) Silly Inside Crazy (b) Inside Crazy Silly (c) Crazy Inside Silly (d) Inside Silly Crazy
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, frog, cat? (a) Funny My Cats (b) Funny Cats My (c) Cats Funny My (d) My Funny Cats
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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