Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 145 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, radio, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRAF (b) WFRA (c) ARWF (d) FWRA
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 345643359182. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3456 4335 9182 (b) 3464 3359 182 (c) 3456 4339 5182 (d) 3455 6433 59182
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 617082121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 617 028 121 (b) 617 082 12 (c) 617 082 121 (d) 617 082 1221
7. 7.🔤 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
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, banana, shoe, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSCF (b) BFSC (c) FBSC (d) CSBF
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, monkey, rope? (a) Aunty Mice Rani (b) Rani Mice Aunty (c) Mice Aunty Rani (d) Mice Rani Aunty
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wins (b) Eight Seven Wins Nani (c) Wins Seven Eight Nani (d) Nani Eight Seven Wins
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (b) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (c) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, bucket, nest, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLNJ (b) JNBL (c) LBNJ (d) BNJL
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Cook Pigs (b) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (d) Cook Eat Pigs Cook
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, umbrella, van? (a) Under Very Aunty (b) Aunty Under Very (c) Under Aunty Very (d) Very Under Aunty
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Seven Wise (b) Nani Every Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Every Nani (d) Every Seven Wise Nani
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, whistle, shoe, key, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPSKO (b) PWSKO (c) OKSWP (d) WSKOP
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Seven Wise (b) Eat Neat Seven Wise (c) Eat Seven Wise Neat (d) Wise Seven Eat Neat
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, rose, mango, owl, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGMOA (b) AOMRG (c) RMOAG (d) GRMOA
30. 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 470192412144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4701 9241 2144 (b) 4701 9924 12144 (c) 4701 9241 2414 (d) 4701 9212 144
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Neat (c) Every Neat Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Neat
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ladder, rose? (a) Love Runs Ants (b) Love Ants Runs (c) Runs Love Ants (d) Ants Love Runs
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Rani (b) Silly Rani Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Rani (d) Rani Silly Love Funny

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