Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 200 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 155408643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 554 086 43 (b) 155 048 643 (c) 155 408 643 (d) 115 540 8643
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 166212061. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 210 261 (b) 116 621 2061 (c) 166 210 61 (d) 166 212 061
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, rose, bucket, parrot, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GPBRK (b) RKBPG (c) KRBPG (d) RBPGK
10. 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cook Every (c) Every Cook Cook Pink (d) Every Cook Pink Cook
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, jalebi, ant? (a) Ants Jeeps Frogs (b) Jeeps Frogs Ants (c) Jeeps Ants Frogs (d) Frogs Jeeps Ants
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, apple, mirror? (a) Aunty Sing Mice (b) Mice Aunty Sing (c) Aunty Mice Sing (d) Sing Aunty Mice
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, pencil, lamp? (a) Love Pink Frogs (b) Pink Frogs Love (c) Pink Love Frogs (d) Frogs Pink Love
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, umbrella, jeep, rose, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUJRD (b) UOJRD (c) UJRDO (d) DRJUO
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, coconut, tent? (a) Cats Very Tiny (b) Tiny Cats Very (c) Very Cats Tiny (d) Cats Tiny Very
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (b) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Pink Crazy
36. 36.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 694542588958. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6945 4528 8958 (b) 6694 5425 88958 (c) 6945 4258 8958 (d) 6945 4258 895
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pink (b) Eight Cook Pink Cook (c) Cook Eight Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
40. 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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