Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 906 · 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 acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 3802271322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 380 227 13322 (b) 802 271 322 (c) 380 227 1322 (d) 380 221 7322
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, fan, orange, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFOS (b) FOSR (c) SOFR (d) FROS
4. 4.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 453461562062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4534 6156 206 (b) 4534 6156 62062 (c) 4534 6156 2602 (d) 4534 6156 2062
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, net, inkpot, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNIG (b) NIGR (c) NRIG (d) GINR
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9537409159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 937 409 159 (b) 953 740 9159 (c) 953 740 91599 (d) 953 740 1959
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, violin, tent, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTVK (b) VTMK (c) VKTM (d) KVTM
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, candle, net, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONCG (b) GCNO (c) CNOG (d) CGNO
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, nest, duck, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNDC (b) NDCR (c) CDNR (d) NRDC
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, tent, ball? (a) Bakes Toys Pink (b) Toys Bakes Pink (c) Pink Toys Bakes (d) Toys Pink Bakes
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ladder, umbrella? (a) Lions Play Under (b) Play Lions Under (c) Under Lions Play (d) Lions Under Play
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, sock, anchor? (a) Ants Seven Pigs (b) Seven Ants Pigs (c) Seven Pigs Ants (d) Pigs Seven Ants
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, violin, needle? (a) Ants Vans Nine (b) Vans Nine Ants (c) Nine Vans Ants (d) Vans Ants Nine
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, vase, rose? (a) Vines Red Grab (b) Red Vines Grab (c) Grab Vines Red (d) Vines Grab Red
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 8233410943. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 823 340 1943 (b) 233 410 943 (c) 823 344 10943 (d) 823 341 0943
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 1639653085. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 396 53085 (b) 169 653 085 (c) 163 965 3805 (d) 163 965 3085
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, bucket, radio, duck, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODRBC (b) BCRDO (c) BRDOC (d) CBRDO
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, pencil, banana? (a) Pigs Wins Bakes (b) Pigs Bakes Wins (c) Bakes Pigs Wins (d) Wins Pigs Bakes
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 711248604948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7112 4860 9448 (b) 7112 4860 4948 (c) 7112 4860 448 (d) 7112 4486 04948
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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