Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 135 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Lions Eat (b) Lions Eat Play All (c) Lions Play All Eat (d) Eat Lions Play All
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 115823092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 115 823 092 (b) 115 230 92 (c) 115 823 0092 (d) 115 820 392
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, candle, parrot? (a) Pigs Cook Mice (b) Cook Pigs Mice (c) Cook Mice Pigs (d) Mice Cook Pigs
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, coconut, umbrella, radio, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPURF (b) CURFP (c) PCURF (d) FRUCP
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, key, umpire? (a) Up Kites Very (b) Kites Very Up (c) Kites Up Very (d) Very Kites Up
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 390626810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 390 626 810 (b) 399 062 6810 (c) 390 266 810 (d) 396 268 10
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, orange, tiger? (a) Only Tiny Kites (b) Kites Only Tiny (c) Only Kites Tiny (d) Tiny Only Kites
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, tomato, pencil, jeep, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPJIU (b) UTPJI (c) IJPTU (d) TUPJI
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Neat (b) Wins Sing Eat Neat (c) Neat Eat Sing Wins (d) Eat Neat Sing Wins
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, violin, duck, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBDU (b) VDUB (c) BVDU (d) UDVB
25. 25.🧰 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) an acronym (d) a rhyme
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, shoe, anchor, wallet, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJAWM (b) MWASJ (c) JSAWM (d) SAWMJ
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pink Cats (b) Crazy Every Pink Cats (c) Crazy Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Pink Crazy Every
30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, doll, jeep, watch, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOJWB (b) BWJDO (c) DJWBO (d) ODJWB
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 104263716547. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1042 6371 6457 (b) 1042 6371 6547 (c) 1042 2637 16547 (d) 1042 6371 657
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 327393180272. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3239 3180 272 (b) 3227 3931 80272 (c) 3273 9381 0272 (d) 3273 9318 0272
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, anchor, glass, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGVN (b) NAGV (c) ANGV (d) VGAN
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6708882199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 888 2919 (b) 670 888 2199 (c) 670 888 219 (d) 670 888 21999
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tomato, cat, monkey, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMCTV (b) TCMGV (c) TVCMG (d) VTCMG
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5005267115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 526 77115 (b) 500 567 115 (c) 500 526 7115 (d) 050 526 7115
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, rope, tomato? (a) Tea Rani Ink (b) Ink Rani Tea (c) Rani Tea Ink (d) Rani Ink Tea

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