Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 313 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, tent, banana, ant, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PABTO (b) TOBAP (c) TBAPO (d) OTBAP
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 3519090212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 351 990 212 (b) 355 190 90212 (c) 351 909 0212 (d) 315 909 0212
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Sing Wise (b) Every Sing Wise Neat (c) Wise Sing Every Neat (d) Every Neat Sing Wise
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, onion, doll? (a) Dance Only Jolly (b) Only Jolly Dance (c) Only Dance Jolly (d) Jolly Only Dance
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 497944537518. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4979 4453 7158 (b) 4979 4453 7518 (c) 4979 4457 518 (d) 4979 4453 37518
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pillow, candle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCVW (b) PWCV (c) VCPW (d) WPCV
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, parrot, flute, onion, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFORW (b) ROFPW (c) WPFOR (d) PWFOR
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, onion, frog, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFOS (b) OSFM (c) OFMS (d) SOFM
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, violin, orange? (a) Nine Vans Only (b) Vans Nine Only (c) Vans Only Nine (d) Only Vans Nine
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (b) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Runs
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 7623836927. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 623 836 927 (b) 762 383 36927 (c) 762 383 6927 (d) 762 383 6972
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, guava, igloo? (a) Green Inside Mum (b) Mum Green Inside (c) Green Mum Inside (d) Inside Green Mum
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 761901866100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7169 0186 6100 (b) 7610 1866 100 (c) 7619 0186 6100 (d) 7619 0186 61100
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat (d) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, urn, parrot, candle, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMPCO (b) UPCOM (c) MUPCO (d) OCPUM
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3488023681. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 082 3681 (b) 388 023 681 (c) 348 802 36881 (d) 348 802 3681
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 241625365. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 241 625 5365 (b) 241 625 365 (c) 241 265 365 (d) 416 253 65
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (d) Eight Cats Cats Pigs
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, jalebi, frog, monkey, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFMLU (b) UJFML (c) JUFML (d) LMFJU
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum Ants (b) Ants Mum Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly Mum Ants (d) Fly Mum Ants Jump
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 7716266700. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 771 266 700 (b) 771 622 66700 (c) 771 626 6700 (d) 776 126 6700
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, mango, flute, igloo, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMFIW (b) WIFML (c) MFIWL (d) MLFIW
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, jug, ant, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJAD (b) JMAD (c) DAJM (d) JADM

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