Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 90 · 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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Sing (b) Sing Wise Green (c) Wise Sing Green (d) Green Wise Sing
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, onion, wallet? (a) Old Pigs Wet (b) Pigs Old Wet (c) Old Wet Pigs (d) Wet Old Pigs
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, doll, ball, inkpot, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIBDG (b) GDBIA (c) DGBIA (d) DBIAG
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 402739589360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4027 3598 9360 (b) 4273 9589 360 (c) 4027 3958 93600 (d) 4027 3958 9360
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, jeep, pencil? (a) Play Jolly Only (b) Jolly Only Play (c) Only Jolly Play (d) Jolly Play Only
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, apple, glass, cat, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAGCN (b) AGCNP (c) NCGAP (d) APGCN
17. 17.✏️ 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
18. 18.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 958160683. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 958 160 6683 (b) 951 606 83 (c) 958 160 683 (d) 985 160 683
24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, candle, mirror? (a) Crazy Mum Nine (b) Crazy Nine Mum (c) Nine Crazy Mum (d) Mum Crazy Nine
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, mirror, fan, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFAS (b) SMFA (c) AFMS (d) MSFA
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 9400101457. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 010 4157 (b) 940 010 1457 (c) 940 010 01457 (d) 940 010 457
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 9902563060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 990 256 3060 (b) 990 253 6060 (c) 902 563 060 (d) 990 255 63060
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, mirror, lamp, umpire, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLUWS (b) SMLUW (c) WULMS (d) MSLUW
32. 32.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 110246275670. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1102 4627 56770 (b) 1102 4675 670 (c) 1102 4267 5670 (d) 1102 4627 5670
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 282629582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 282 692 582 (b) 282 629 5822 (c) 282 295 82 (d) 282 629 582
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Cook Pink (b) Eat Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cook Eat (d) Cook Eat Pink Cook
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 132872536153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1287 2536 153 (b) 1327 8253 6153 (c) 1328 7253 61533 (d) 1328 7253 6153
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map

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