Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 323 · 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) Frogs My Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty My Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps My Aunty (d) Jeeps Frogs My Aunty
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Green (b) Seven Wins Green (c) Green Wins Seven (d) Wins Green Seven
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, candle, igloo, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNIW (b) WICN (c) CIWN (d) NCIW
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Silly (b) Silly Wet Green (c) Wet Silly Green (d) Wet Green Silly
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, onion, bucket? (a) Owls Grab Big (b) Big Owls Grab (c) Grab Owls Big (d) Owls Big Grab
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, duck, mirror? (a) Rani Dogs Mice (b) Dogs Mice Rani (c) Mice Dogs Rani (d) Dogs Rani Mice
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 817395164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 817 395 164 (b) 813 951 64 (c) 187 395 164 (d) 881 739 5164
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Goats Wise Seven (d) Wise Seven Goats
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 937068978789. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9370 6897 879 (b) 9370 6897 88789 (c) 9730 6897 8789 (d) 9370 6897 8789
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 102030817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 102 008 17 (b) 100 203 0817 (c) 102 030 817 (d) 100 230 817
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 521321349706. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5213 2149 706 (b) 5213 2134 9706 (c) 5213 1234 9706 (d) 5213 2134 97066
30. 30.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, whistle, candle? (a) Cook Wise Ink (b) Wise Cook Ink (c) Ink Wise Cook (d) Wise Ink Cook
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, tomato, jug? (a) Toys Rani Jeeps (b) Rani Toys Jeeps (c) Jeeps Toys Rani (d) Toys Jeeps Rani
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR

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