Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 934 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ice cream, glass, jalebi, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGJSF (b) SJGIF (c) FIGJS (d) IFGJS
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lions Eat (c) Lions Play Ants Eat (d) Eat Lions Play Ants
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 398169295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 398 169 25 (b) 938 169 295 (c) 398 169 295 (d) 399 816 9295
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, ladder, needle, sock, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSNLB (b) BLNSF (c) LNSFB (d) LBNSF
9. 9.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9306108127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 390 610 8127 (b) 906 108 127 (c) 930 610 8127 (d) 933 061 08127
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, glass, pillow? (a) Goats Ants Pigs (b) Pigs Goats Ants (c) Ants Goats Pigs (d) Goats Pigs Ants
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 868544836151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8654 4836 151 (b) 8685 4483 61551 (c) 8685 4483 6151 (d) 6885 4483 6151
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 683043806913. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6834 3806 913 (b) 6830 4380 6913 (c) 6830 4380 9613 (d) 6830 4380 69113
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 115708786427. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1517 0878 6427 (b) 1570 8786 427 (c) 1157 0878 6427 (d) 1115 7087 86427
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 340940136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 340 994 0136 (b) 340 940 136 (c) 304 940 136 (d) 340 940 36
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, net, mirror, ladder, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNMLG (b) NMLGW (c) GLMNW (d) NWMLG
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 728745533. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 278 745 533 (b) 728 745 533 (c) 287 455 33 (d) 728 745 5333
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, drum, ladder, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DULN (b) UDLN (c) DLNU (d) NLDU
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, tent, orange, radio, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKORP (b) PROTK (c) KTORP (d) TORPK
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, glass, nest? (a) Nine Grab Pink (b) Grab Pink Nine (c) Grab Nine Pink (d) Pink Grab Nine
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mum Aunty (b) Frogs Mum Aunty Jump (c) Frogs Jump Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Frogs Jump
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 110247866. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 478 66 (b) 110 427 866 (c) 110 247 7866 (d) 110 247 866
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, spoon, frog, candle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSFCP (b) PCFSG (c) SGFCP (d) SFCPG
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, tiger, candle? (a) Toys Goats Cats (b) Toys Cats Goats (c) Cats Toys Goats (d) Goats Toys Cats
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, drum, fan? (a) Dogs Fly Owls (b) Dogs Owls Fly (c) Owls Dogs Fly (d) Fly Dogs Owls
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, apple, onion, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFOB (b) FAOB (c) AOBF (d) BOAF

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