Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 871 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pink Ants (b) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (c) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pink Ants
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 708809623437. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7088 0962 3437 (b) 7088 0962 3473 (c) 7088 0623 437 (d) 7088 8096 23437
8. 8.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, guava, rope, spoon, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSRGU (b) GRSVU (c) GURSV (d) UGRSV
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 941602160790. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9416 0216 0790 (b) 9416 0210 6790 (c) 4160 2160 790 (d) 9411 6021 60790
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Every
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 477349139995. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4777 3491 39995 (b) 4773 4913 9995 (c) 4737 4913 9995 (d) 4773 4913 995
18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 250018858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 018 58 (b) 250 018 858 (c) 255 001 8858 (d) 250 081 858
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, kite, fan? (a) Fly Kids Pink (b) Kids Pink Fly (c) Kids Fly Pink (d) Pink Kids Fly
23. 23.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, key, ball, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABKP (b) KPBA (c) KBAP (d) PKBA
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wet (b) Every Silly Wet Neat (c) Wet Silly Every Neat (d) Neat Every Silly Wet
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, urn, kite, tiger, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULKTB (b) UKTBL (c) BTKUL (d) LUKTB
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, spoon, jalebi, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASJG (b) GJSA (c) SJGA (d) SAJG
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, ball, fan? (a) Big Fly Kind (b) Kind Big Fly (c) Fly Big Kind (d) Big Kind Fly
36. 36.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6101025551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 010 25551 (b) 610 102 5551 (c) 101 025 551 (d) 160 102 5551
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 3647824839. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 364 782 4893 (b) 364 782 483 (c) 364 782 24839 (d) 364 782 4839
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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