Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 404 · 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: jalebi, lemon, tent? (a) Lions Tea Jolly (b) Lions Jolly Tea (c) Jolly Lions Tea (d) Tea Lions Jolly
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 1212414942. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 241 4492 (b) 121 241 442 (c) 121 241 49442 (d) 121 241 4942
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 792419263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 412 963 (b) 792 419 263 (c) 792 241 9263 (d) 792 419 23
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, inkpot, ball, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBIS (b) IBGS (c) ISBG (d) SIBG
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Ants Eat (b) Lazy Eat Play Ants (c) Ants Play Lazy Eat (d) Eat Lazy Play Ants
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 8792770248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 927 70248 (b) 879 277 0248 (c) 872 770 248 (d) 879 727 0248
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, bucket, mango, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRMA (b) AMBR (c) RBMA (d) BMAR
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 310746490602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3107 6449 0602 (b) 3107 4649 060 (c) 3107 4649 0602 (d) 3107 4649 90602
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Love Funny (c) Rani Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Rani
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 351584931721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3515 8493 1721 (b) 3558 4931 721 (c) 3515 8493 11721 (d) 3515 8491 3721
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
23. 23.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 133788273043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1337 8827 3043 (b) 1338 7827 3043 (c) 1337 8827 30433 (d) 1337 8273 043
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Love Funny (b) Silly Love Funny Red (c) Silly Red Love Funny (d) Funny Love Silly Red
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, wallet, umpire? (a) Wet Under Play (b) Under Wet Play (c) Play Wet Under (d) Wet Play Under
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 973620810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 208 10 (b) 973 620 810 (c) 937 620 810 (d) 973 620 8810
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Eat Neat (c) Eat Sing Wise Neat (d) Eat Neat Sing Wise
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jalebi, drum, guava, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJDGP (b) JDGPO (c) JODGP (d) PGDJO
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 997154727251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9971 5472 7251 (b) 9971 1547 27251 (c) 9971 5472 2751 (d) 9715 4727 251
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pigs Cats (b) Cook Pigs Cats Every (c) Every Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cook Every
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Wise Green Seven
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, rose, inkpot? (a) Ice Rani Fly (b) Rani Fly Ice (c) Rani Ice Fly (d) Fly Rani Ice
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (b) Aunty My Fly Jeeps (c) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly My Aunty
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (b) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (c) Lions Eight Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lions Eight
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 9233894939. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 389 49339 (b) 932 389 4939 (c) 923 384 939 (d) 923 389 4939
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7941834763. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 794 834 763 (b) 794 184 3763 (c) 794 183 4763 (d) 799 418 34763

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