Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 938 · 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 this list, in order: ice cream, orange, van? (a) Only Vines Inside (b) Vines Only Inside (c) Inside Only Vines (d) Only Inside Vines
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, needle, shoe? (a) Neat Pigs Sing (b) Neat Sing Pigs (c) Pigs Neat Sing (d) Sing Neat Pigs
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, apple, sock, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSAU (b) UASB (c) AUSB (d) ASBU
7. 7.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Every Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cook Every (d) Cook Pink Crazy Every
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 218730973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 218 730 93 (b) 128 730 973 (c) 218 730 973 (d) 218 733 0973
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4848332677. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 484 833 22677 (b) 484 833 2677 (c) 848 332 677 (d) 484 383 2677
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 1131717076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 177 1076 (b) 113 171 076 (c) 113 171 7076 (d) 113 171 77076
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, mango, apple, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAMD (b) MDAG (c) DMAG (d) MAGD
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mum All (b) Funny Mum All Jump (c) All Mum Funny Jump (d) Jump Funny Mum All
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Neat (b) Eat Neat Silly Wise (c) Neat Eat Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eat Neat
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 821867635. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 687 635 (b) 821 186 7635 (c) 821 867 635 (d) 821 876 35
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Sing (b) Goats Wet Sing (c) Sing Wet Goats (d) Wet Sing Goats
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, banana, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBDC (b) DBOC (c) DCBO (d) CDBO
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 875795570741. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8757 9955 70741 (b) 8759 5570 741 (c) 8757 9575 0741 (d) 8757 9557 0741
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, needle, apple, flute, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNAFR (b) RFANP (c) NAFRP (d) NPAFR
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 4564728460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 456 428 460 (b) 456 477 28460 (c) 456 472 8460 (d) 456 472 4860
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pencil, jalebi, coconut, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPJCA (b) PTJCA (c) ACJPT (d) PJCAT
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 128578892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 218 578 892 (b) 112 857 8892 (c) 128 578 892 (d) 128 578 82
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9961150631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 115 0631 (b) 996 115 50631 (c) 961 150 631 (d) 991 615 0631
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, drum, igloo? (a) Ice Dogs Jolly (b) Jolly Dogs Ice (c) Dogs Jolly Ice (d) Dogs Ice Jolly
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, rose, pencil, lemon, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRPLI (b) RJPLI (c) RPLIJ (d) ILPRJ
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, anchor, guava, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALGS (b) SGAL (c) AGSL (d) LAGS

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