Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 89 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Seven Runs (b) Seven Runs Love Frogs (c) Seven Love Frogs Runs (d) Runs Seven Love Frogs
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 843910319. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 843 910 139 (b) 843 910 0319 (c) 843 910 319 (d) 843 910 39
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, bucket, pencil, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMPI (b) BPIM (c) MBPI (d) IPBM
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, whistle, anchor, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWAFG (b) WAFGT (c) WTAFG (d) GFAWT
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, wallet, rope? (a) Ice Wet Red (b) Wet Ice Red (c) Red Wet Ice (d) Wet Red Ice
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, vase, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVAU (b) AVBU (c) AUVB (d) UAVB
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 692511312. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 692 511 31 (b) 962 511 312 (c) 692 511 1312 (d) 692 511 312
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 536068090175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5360 6809 0157 (b) 5336 0680 90175 (c) 5360 6809 0175 (d) 5606 8090 175
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, doll, coconut, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNCO (b) DCON (c) OCDN (d) NDCO
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, pillow, lemon, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLPV (b) PLMV (c) PVLM (d) VPLM
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 280076406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 076 406 (b) 280 076 4066 (c) 800 764 06 (d) 280 076 406
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, rose, inkpot, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRIC (b) RVIC (c) RICV (d) CIRV
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 260428330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 264 028 330 (b) 260 428 330 (c) 260 428 33 (d) 260 042 8330
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 119884172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 984 172 (b) 119 884 1172 (c) 119 884 172 (d) 118 841 72
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 537463975007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5374 6379 5007 (b) 5374 6397 5007 (c) 5746 3975 007 (d) 5374 4639 75007
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, parrot, ant? (a) Play Cats Aunty (b) Cats Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Cats (d) Play Aunty Cats
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (c) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (d) Rani Sing Lazy Fly
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, drum, orange? (a) Grab Dogs Owls (b) Owls Dogs Grab (c) Dogs Grab Owls (d) Dogs Owls Grab
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Every Silly Wise (c) Every Silly Wise Neat (d) Wise Silly Every Neat
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, coconut, mirror, tomato, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMTSW (b) WCMTS (c) STMCW (d) CWMTS
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Seven Rani (b) Seven Love Fly Rani (c) Rani Seven Love Fly (d) Seven Rani Love Fly
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Love Funny (b) Sing Love Funny Rani (c) Sing Rani Love Funny (d) Funny Love Sing Rani
40. 40.🧰 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

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