Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 271 · 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 this list, in order: fan, coconut, drum? (a) Fly Cats Dance (b) Dance Cats Fly (c) Cats Dance Fly (d) Cats Fly Dance
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, lamp, candle? (a) Lazy Cook Ink (b) Cook Lazy Ink (c) Lazy Ink Cook (d) Ink Lazy Cook
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My All (b) All My Funny Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My All (d) Funny My All Jeeps
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, goat, jug, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJGI (b) GJOI (c) IGJO (d) GIJO
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Frogs Runs (b) Runs Silly Love Frogs (c) Silly Runs Love Frogs (d) Frogs Love Silly Runs
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wet Nine (b) Wet Silly Eight Nine (c) Nine Eight Silly Wet (d) Eight Nine Silly Wet
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 233997164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 979 164 (b) 233 997 16 (c) 233 997 7164 (d) 233 997 164
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 329618359627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3329 6183 59627 (b) 3291 8359 627 (c) 3296 1385 9627 (d) 3296 1835 9627
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 974918821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 974 918 821 (b) 749 188 21 (c) 974 918 812 (d) 974 911 8821
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, shoe, igloo, anchor, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIARL (b) RAISL (c) SLIAR (d) LSIAR
19. 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, sock, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCTL (b) CSTL (c) LTSC (d) STLC
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Seven Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Seven (d) Wise Goats Seven
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, needle, jeep, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJNI (b) NIJB (c) INJB (d) NJBI
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, frog, key? (a) Kites Funny Pigs (b) Funny Kites Pigs (c) Pigs Funny Kites (d) Funny Pigs Kites
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 9848008204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 800 08204 (b) 948 800 8204 (c) 984 800 8204 (d) 984 800 824
28. 28.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3677375535. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 367 737 5535 (b) 677 375 535 (c) 367 733 75535 (d) 376 737 5535
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 201186985. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 118 6985 (b) 210 186 985 (c) 201 869 85 (d) 201 186 985
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, doll, igloo? (a) Dogs Inside Green (b) Dogs Green Inside (c) Inside Dogs Green (d) Green Dogs Inside
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, apple, candle? (a) Aunty Cook Sing (b) Aunty Sing Cook (c) Sing Aunty Cook (d) Cook Aunty Sing
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5537601350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 553 376 01350 (b) 553 601 350 (c) 553 706 1350 (d) 553 760 1350
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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