Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 953 · 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: cat, radio, inkpot? (a) Crazy Rani Ink (b) Ink Rani Crazy (c) Rani Crazy Ink (d) Rani Ink Crazy
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, bucket, lemon, urn, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLUJW (b) JULBW (c) BWLUJ (d) WBLUJ
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 918196634. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 196 634 (b) 181 966 34 (c) 918 196 6344 (d) 918 196 364
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, nest, rose? (a) Mum Nani Runs (b) Runs Nani Mum (c) Nani Mum Runs (d) Nani Runs Mum
12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 121685875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 658 875 (b) 121 685 8875 (c) 121 685 875 (d) 121 685 85
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Seven Goats
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, needle, jalebi? (a) Jump Neat Aunty (b) Neat Aunty Jump (c) Neat Jump Aunty (d) Aunty Neat Jump
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Lions Pigs Ants Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Ants
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 6425860812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 644 258 60812 (b) 625 860 812 (c) 642 586 0812 (d) 645 286 0812
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, watch, candle? (a) Vans Wise Crazy (b) Wise Crazy Vans (c) Crazy Wise Vans (d) Wise Vans Crazy
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, duck, banana? (a) Wise Dogs Big (b) Dogs Big Wise (c) Big Dogs Wise (d) Dogs Wise Big
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 8786546340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 878 656 4340 (b) 878 654 6340 (c) 878 654 63400 (d) 878 546 340
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Pigs Cook (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (d) Crazy Every Pigs Cook
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7404197462. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 740 419 7462 (b) 740 497 462 (c) 744 019 7462 (d) 740 419 77462
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, rope, pillow? (a) Play Runs Bunny (b) Runs Play Bunny (c) Bunny Runs Play (d) Runs Bunny Play
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ice cream, tent, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KITB (b) ITBK (c) IKTB (d) BTIK
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play Aunty (b) Love Play Aunty Eight (c) Eight Love Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Love Eight
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 3985095579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 398 095 579 (b) 398 509 5579 (c) 398 509 5597 (d) 399 850 95579
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 563646007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 563 646 007 (b) 556 364 6007 (c) 563 466 007 (d) 563 660 07
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, apple, whistle? (a) Wet All Tea (b) Tea All Wet (c) All Wet Tea (d) All Tea Wet
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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