Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 439 · 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 acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 5082280453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 580 228 0453 (b) 508 280 453 (c) 508 228 0453 (d) 508 222 80453
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3790407649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 379 044 07649 (b) 390 407 649 (c) 370 940 7649 (d) 379 040 7649
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 913391001881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9133 9100 01881 (b) 1933 9100 1881 (c) 9133 9001 881 (d) 9133 9100 1881
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, needle, rose? (a) Rani Nine Only (b) Only Nine Rani (c) Nine Rani Only (d) Nine Only Rani
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
19. 19.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs All Eat (b) All Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs All (d) Lazy Eat Pigs All
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 211861349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 861 349 (b) 211 866 1349 (c) 211 681 349 (d) 211 813 49
23. 23.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, candle, tomato, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUTR (b) UCTR (c) RTCU (d) CTRU
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, jalebi, cat? (a) Cook Jolly Kites (b) Jolly Kites Cook (c) Jolly Cook Kites (d) Kites Jolly Cook
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 685172040291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6851 7204 0291 (b) 6851 7240 0291 (c) 6851 7220 40291 (d) 6851 7204 021
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, key, orange, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKOM (b) MOKU (c) KOMU (d) KUOM
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, van, tiger? (a) Very My Tea (b) Very Tea My (c) My Very Tea (d) Tea Very My
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, glass, jug? (a) Grab Seven Jolly (b) Grab Jolly Seven (c) Seven Grab Jolly (d) Jolly Grab Seven
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 361914736. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 947 36 (b) 361 911 4736 (c) 361 914 736 (d) 361 917 436
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3443915919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 334 439 15919 (b) 343 915 919 (c) 344 931 5919 (d) 344 391 5919
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, ladder, nest, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNAC (b) CLNA (c) ANLC (d) LCNA
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 724824217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 724 882 4217 (b) 724 824 27 (c) 724 824 217 (d) 724 824 271

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