Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 220 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice All (d) Fly Mice All Jolly
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 830485131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 830 485 13 (b) 830 485 131 (c) 830 458 131 (d) 830 488 5131
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, inkpot, tomato, ladder, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMTLD (b) ITLDM (c) DLTIM (d) MITLD
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, glass, pencil? (a) Goats Red Pink (b) Pink Goats Red (c) Goats Pink Red (d) Red Goats Pink
8. 8.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, owl, pillow, lamp, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOPLG (b) OSPLG (c) GLPOS (d) OPLGS
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Silly (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Silly Grab (d) Silly Wins Grab
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, parrot, ball, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBFO (b) POBF (c) FBPO (d) OPBF
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, duck, goat? (a) Grab Dance Cook (b) Cook Dance Grab (c) Dance Grab Cook (d) Dance Cook Grab
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, sock, parrot? (a) Silly Pigs Ink (b) Pigs Silly Ink (c) Ink Silly Pigs (d) Silly Ink Pigs
21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 194240363992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1424 0363 992 (b) 1942 4036 3992 (c) 1194 2403 63992 (d) 1942 4306 3992
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9612567128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 961 256 128 (b) 961 257 6128 (c) 996 125 67128 (d) 961 256 7128
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (c) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jump
26. 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 963013662. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 963 016 62 (b) 963 013 662 (c) 963 301 3662 (d) 963 103 662
34. 34.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA

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