Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 129 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Seven Wet (b) Every Seven Wet Nani (c) Wet Seven Every Nani (d) Every Nani Seven Wet
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 910317045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 910 317 05 (b) 910 317 0045 (c) 913 017 045 (d) 910 317 045
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, goat, pillow? (a) Frogs Goats Play (b) Goats Frogs Play (c) Play Goats Frogs (d) Goats Play Frogs
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, jug, pencil, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAPS (b) SPJA (c) JPSA (d) AJPS
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (c) Cats Eat Pink Crazy (d) Eat Cats Pink Crazy
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Eat (c) Cats Eat Pink Cats (d) Eat Cats Cats Pink
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, coconut, owl, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGOL (b) LOCG (c) GCOL (d) COLG
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 399056450402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3990 5645 0402 (b) 3990 5645 0042 (c) 3990 5645 04402 (d) 9905 6450 402
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, cat, parrot? (a) Crazy Fly Play (b) Fly Crazy Play (c) Play Crazy Fly (d) Crazy Play Fly
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, ice cream, umbrella? (a) Inside Under Lions (b) Inside Lions Under (c) Lions Inside Under (d) Under Inside Lions
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jeep, monkey? (a) Mice Jeeps Crazy (b) Crazy Jeeps Mice (c) Jeeps Crazy Mice (d) Jeeps Mice Crazy
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, fan, rope? (a) Only Fly Rani (b) Fly Only Rani (c) Rani Fly Only (d) Fly Rani Only
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, banana, parrot, ant, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPANS (b) BSPAN (c) NAPBS (d) SBPAN
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 941425115766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9414 4251 15766 (b) 9414 2511 7566 (c) 9414 2511 766 (d) 9414 2511 5766
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, jug, vase? (a) Green Jump Very (b) Jump Very Green (c) Jump Green Very (d) Very Jump Green
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 6428335739. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 648 335 739 (b) 624 833 5739 (c) 642 833 35739 (d) 642 833 5739
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Eat Nine (c) Nine Eat Silly Wins (d) Eat Silly Wins Nine
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, coconut, umpire, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCUB (b) CUBT (c) BUCT (d) CTUB
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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