Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 357 · 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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, inkpot, frog, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITFR (b) RFIT (c) IFRT (d) TIFR
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, owl, apple? (a) Old All Mice (b) Old Mice All (c) Mice Old All (d) All Old Mice
8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Silly Wise Neat (d) Wise Silly Eat Neat
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pillow, needle, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNPA (b) PNUA (c) PANU (d) APNU
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2960898322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 296 089 3822 (b) 296 088 98322 (c) 296 098 322 (d) 296 089 8322
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Eight Pigs Cats (c) Eight Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eight
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) Wise Goats Seven (d) Goats Wise Seven
22. 22.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Fly Runs (b) Fly Lions Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Lions Fly (d) Seven Runs Lions Fly
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nani (b) Eight Nani Sing Wise (c) Nani Eight Sing Wise (d) Eight Sing Wise Nani
26. 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Sing Runs (c) Sing Lions Funny Runs (d) Runs Sing Lions Funny
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eight Silly Wins (b) Eight Silly Wins Nine (c) Eight Nine Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eight Nine
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 5107260307. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 510 726 037 (b) 150 726 0307 (c) 510 072 60307 (d) 510 726 0307
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9662383608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 238 83608 (b) 966 238 308 (c) 966 238 3608 (d) 962 638 3608
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, whistle, vase? (a) Up Wins Vans (b) Wins Up Vans (c) Vans Wins Up (d) Wins Vans Up
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, van, inkpot, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVIA (b) VDIA (c) AIVD (d) VIAD
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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