Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 468 · 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) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 235022931. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 235 002 2931 (b) 235 022 931 (c) 235 202 931 (d) 235 229 31
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My All (c) Jolly Funny My All (d) Funny My All Jolly
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, parrot, inkpot? (a) Play Red Ice (b) Play Ice Red (c) Red Play Ice (d) Ice Play Red
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Mum Ants
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 538811845. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 583 811 845 (b) 538 818 45 (c) 538 811 845 (d) 538 881 1845
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
11. 11.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, monkey, rose? (a) Red My Lions (b) My Red Lions (c) My Lions Red (d) Lions My Red
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, rose, doll? (a) Red Dogs Seven (b) Dogs Red Seven (c) Seven Red Dogs (d) Red Seven Dogs
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
16. 16.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
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, onion, frog, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COFB (b) OFBC (c) BFOC (d) OCFB
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, kite, van? (a) Kids Rani Vines (b) Rani Kids Vines (c) Vines Kids Rani (d) Kids Vines Rani
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, tomato, violin? (a) Vines Tea Kind (b) Tea Vines Kind (c) Kind Tea Vines (d) Tea Kind Vines
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 9317502202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 750 2202 (b) 993 175 02202 (c) 937 150 2202 (d) 931 750 220
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 544088505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 408 8505 (b) 540 488 505 (c) 540 885 05 (d) 544 088 505
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, glass, monkey, net, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMNTW (b) TNMGW (c) GWMNT (d) WGMNT
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, glass, key? (a) Green Runs Kind (b) Kind Green Runs (c) Green Kind Runs (d) Runs Green Kind
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 323333848. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 333 848 (b) 323 333 848 (c) 323 338 48 (d) 332 333 3848
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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