Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 397 · 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.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, orange, parrot, ant, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMPAD (b) MOPAD (c) OPADM (d) DAPOM
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Funny Rani (b) Funny Love Sing Rani (c) Rani Sing Love Funny (d) Sing Rani Love Funny
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, kite, rope? (a) Kind Big Runs (b) Big Kind Runs (c) Runs Kind Big (d) Kind Runs Big
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Sing Love Frogs Runs (c) Sing Runs Love Frogs (d) Runs Sing Love Frogs
12. 12.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, cat, spoon, urn, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSUIP (b) IUSCP (c) CPSUI (d) PCSUI
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 927639530167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9276 9353 0167 (b) 9276 3953 016 (c) 9276 3953 00167 (d) 9276 3953 0167
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, lemon, tiger, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITLB (b) LTIB (c) BLTI (d) LBTI
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, banana, orange? (a) Owls Big Inside (b) Big Inside Owls (c) Big Owls Inside (d) Inside Big Owls
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 1009769704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 097 69704 (b) 100 976 9704 (c) 100 976 9074 (d) 100 769 704
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ant, igloo? (a) Jeeps Aunty Ink (b) Ink Aunty Jeeps (c) Aunty Jeeps Ink (d) Aunty Ink Jeeps
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jug, frog, anchor, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFAGW (b) GAFJW (c) JWFAG (d) WJFAG
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, bucket, lamp? (a) Big Love Sing (b) Love Big Sing (c) Big Sing Love (d) Sing Big Love
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔤 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
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, vase, key, banana, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIKBU (b) UBKVI (c) VKBUI (d) IVKBU
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, pencil, umpire, tent, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUTAO (b) OPUTA (c) POUTA (d) ATUPO
35. 35.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 204568532988. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2045 6852 3988 (b) 2045 6853 298 (c) 2045 6853 2988 (d) 2045 6853 22988
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 435384629474. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4355 3846 29474 (b) 4353 8462 9744 (c) 4353 8462 9474 (d) 4353 8429 474
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, duck, igloo? (a) Dogs Seven Ink (b) Ink Dogs Seven (c) Dogs Ink Seven (d) Seven Dogs Ink

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