Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 432 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, orange, jeep, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTJS (b) OJST (c) TOJS (d) SJOT
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 802405330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 804 205 330 (b) 802 403 30 (c) 802 400 5330 (d) 802 405 330
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, nest, mirror, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNMP (b) NMPC (c) PMNC (d) NCMP
5. 5.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pigs Cats (b) Cats Every Pigs Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Pigs (d) Cats Pigs Cats Every
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Play All (b) All Play Lazy Every (c) Lazy Play All Every (d) Every Lazy Play All
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jug, glass, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBGO (b) OGJB (c) JGOB (d) BJGO
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Eat Cats Pink Cook (d) Cats Eat Pink Cook
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, lamp, fan? (a) Lions Uncle Fly (b) Fly Lions Uncle (c) Uncle Lions Fly (d) Lions Fly Uncle
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, shoe, tomato? (a) Kids Sing Tiny (b) Tiny Sing Kids (c) Sing Tiny Kids (d) Sing Kids Tiny
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, bucket, ladder? (a) Big Old Love (b) Big Love Old (c) Old Big Love (d) Love Big Old
25. 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 253036170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 063 170 (b) 253 036 170 (c) 253 036 17 (d) 253 003 6170
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 817278776308. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8172 2787 76308 (b) 8172 7776 308 (c) 8172 7877 6308 (d) 8172 7877 6380
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, nest, doll, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDUP (b) UDNP (c) PNDU (d) NPDU
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, tomato, parrot, lamp, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLPTM (b) TPLJM (c) MTPLJ (d) TMPLJ
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, bucket, kite? (a) Ice Bunny Kids (b) Bunny Kids Ice (c) Kids Bunny Ice (d) Bunny Ice Kids
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, igloo, jalebi, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJVB (b) BIJV (c) VJIB (d) IBJV
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 686448316. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 686 444 8316 (b) 686 448 31 (c) 686 448 316 (d) 668 448 316
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, cat, inkpot, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAIW (b) CIWA (c) WICA (d) ACIW
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Goats (b) Goats Wet Silly (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Silly
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR

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