Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 971 · 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 steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, guava, needle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANGB (b) GBNA (c) GNAB (d) BGNA
3. 3.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, mirror, owl, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOMG (b) GMOK (c) MOKG (d) MGOK
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pigs Ants (b) Lazy Eight Pigs Ants (c) Lazy Pigs Ants Eight (d) Ants Pigs Lazy Eight
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ant, monkey? (a) My All Funny (b) Funny All My (c) All My Funny (d) All Funny My
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 768085260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 768 085 620 (b) 768 085 260 (c) 680 852 60 (d) 768 085 2260
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rope, apple, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WARD (b) RDAW (c) RAWD (d) DRAW
14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (c) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Eat Pigs Cats
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, tomato, goat? (a) My Tea Grab (b) Tea My Grab (c) Tea Grab My (d) Grab Tea My
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kite, ladder, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLOU (b) UKLO (c) KULO (d) OLKU
21. 21.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, nest, bucket? (a) Seven Nine Big (b) Big Nine Seven (c) Nine Big Seven (d) Nine Seven Big
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, wallet, urn, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUGJ (b) JWUG (c) GUWJ (d) WJUG
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 386230354469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3823 0354 469 (b) 3386 2303 54469 (c) 3862 3035 4469 (d) 3862 3034 5469
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, kettle, doll? (a) Kites Dance Nani (b) Kites Nani Dance (c) Nani Kites Dance (d) Dance Kites Nani
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, kettle, spoon? (a) Kites Sing Inside (b) Inside Kites Sing (c) Kites Inside Sing (d) Sing Kites Inside
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 9144660196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 914 466 0196 (b) 914 466 0169 (c) 914 466 096 (d) 991 446 60196
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 561787463362. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5617 8746 3362 (b) 5617 8743 362 (c) 5617 8774 63362 (d) 6517 8746 3362
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 657065118402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6570 6551 18402 (b) 6570 6511 802 (c) 6570 6511 8042 (d) 6570 6511 8402
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN

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