Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 154 · 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.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, violin, tomato? (a) Very Funny Tea (b) Very Tea Funny (c) Tea Very Funny (d) Funny Very Tea
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, net, igloo? (a) Grab Nani Ice (b) Nani Grab Ice (c) Nani Ice Grab (d) Ice Nani Grab
5. 5.🔤 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
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, whistle, ice cream, umpire, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUIWJ (b) WJIUM (c) WIUMJ (d) JWIUM
7. 7.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, tomato, glass? (a) Neat Tiny Grab (b) Grab Tiny Neat (c) Tiny Grab Neat (d) Tiny Neat Grab
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 874957900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 874 957 9900 (b) 874 957 900 (c) 874 597 900 (d) 749 579 00
10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lions Eat (c) Eat Lions Play Aunty (d) Lions Play Aunty Eat
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, owl, glass? (a) My Only Grab (b) Grab Only My (c) Only My Grab (d) Only Grab My
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, monkey, ladder, doll, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDLMG (b) GMLDT (c) MGLDT (d) MLDTG
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty
25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, doll, inkpot, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIDB (b) BDIN (c) DINB (d) DBIN
28. 28.🔤 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wins (b) Neat Eat Silly Wins (c) Wins Silly Eat Neat (d) Eat Silly Wins Neat
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 193166204298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1931 6620 4928 (b) 1916 6204 298 (c) 1931 6620 4298 (d) 1933 1662 04298
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 469837392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 468 373 92 (b) 496 837 392 (c) 446 983 7392 (d) 469 837 392
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ice cream, banana, ant, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBARK (b) KIBAR (c) RABIK (d) IKBAR
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, pencil, coconut, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPCM (b) MCPF (c) PCMF (d) PFCM
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, anchor, orange? (a) Sing All Old (b) All Old Sing (c) All Sing Old (d) Old All Sing

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