Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 203 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, umbrella, ice cream, mango, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMIUA (b) UAIMV (c) AUIMV (d) UIMVA
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy (b) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, glass, net? (a) Green Jolly Nani (b) Nani Green Jolly (c) Green Nani Jolly (d) Jolly Green Nani
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, violin, rose, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VORF (b) OVRF (c) FRVO (d) VRFO
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 937094834971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9370 9948 34971 (b) 9370 9484 971 (c) 9370 4983 4971 (d) 9370 9483 4971
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, monkey, frog? (a) Mum Inside Fly (b) Mum Fly Inside (c) Fly Mum Inside (d) Inside Mum Fly
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 143593064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 435 930 64 (b) 145 393 064 (c) 143 593 064 (d) 143 593 3064
19. 19.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, sock, tiger? (a) Tea Seven Under (b) Under Seven Tea (c) Seven Tea Under (d) Seven Under Tea
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Cats Cats Pink (d) Eight Cats Pink Cats
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, mango, duck, jalebi, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJDMA (b) MADJL (c) MDJLA (d) AMDJL
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 904461123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 461 213 (b) 904 461 123 (c) 904 461 12 (d) 900 446 1123
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pink Crazy (b) Every Crazy Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Every Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Crazy Every
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, drum, whistle? (a) Wise Dance Silly (b) Silly Dance Wise (c) Dance Wise Silly (d) Dance Silly Wise
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, mango, apple? (a) My Ants Silly (b) My Silly Ants (c) Silly My Ants (d) Ants My Silly
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Cook Pink (c) Cook Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Cook Pink Cook
37. 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 618237341674. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6183 2734 1674 (b) 6823 7341 674 (c) 6188 2373 41674 (d) 6182 3734 1674
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA

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