Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 885 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, onion, ice cream? (a) Old Grab Ink (b) Grab Old Ink (c) Ink Old Grab (d) Old Ink Grab
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 220264483. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 220 264 83 (b) 220 624 483 (c) 222 026 4483 (d) 220 264 483
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 103787815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 378 7815 (b) 103 877 815 (c) 103 787 815 (d) 137 878 15
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Red (b) Silly Red Love Funny (c) Silly Love Funny Red (d) Red Silly Love Funny
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 368704997. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 368 709 97 (b) 336 870 4997 (c) 368 704 979 (d) 368 704 997
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 255252076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 522 076 (b) 252 520 76 (c) 255 252 0766 (d) 255 252 076
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7395387356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 739 538 73556 (b) 739 538 7356 (c) 739 538 3756 (d) 739 387 356
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 6054264214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 605 426 4214 (b) 600 542 64214 (c) 065 426 4214 (d) 604 264 214
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Play Cats (b) Crazy Play Cats Eat (c) Crazy Eat Play Cats (d) Cats Play Crazy Eat
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, igloo, whistle? (a) Wins Ink Green (b) Green Ink Wins (c) Ink Wins Green (d) Ink Green Wins
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 5624043927. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 404 3927 (b) 562 404 39277 (c) 562 404 3927 (d) 524 043 927
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 277053516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 053 56 (b) 227 705 3516 (c) 277 053 516 (d) 277 503 516
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, watch, urn? (a) Big Wins Uncle (b) Wins Uncle Big (c) Uncle Wins Big (d) Wins Big Uncle
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, coconut, umbrella, parrot, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFUPI (b) IPUCF (c) CUPIF (d) FCUPI
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (d) Eat Crazy Pink Cats
38. 38.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9384468474. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 938 448 6474 (b) 984 468 474 (c) 938 446 8474 (d) 993 844 68474

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