Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 482 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, pillow, apple, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAGK (b) GAPK (c) PKAG (d) KPAG
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, goat, rope, sock, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRSWT (b) WSRGT (c) TGRSW (d) GTRSW
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 256479858805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2556 4798 58805 (b) 2564 7985 8805 (c) 2546 7985 8805 (d) 2547 9858 805
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, guava, radio? (a) Green Pigs Runs (b) Green Runs Pigs (c) Runs Green Pigs (d) Pigs Green Runs
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 343331371469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3433 3137 1649 (b) 3433 1371 469 (c) 3433 3137 1469 (d) 3433 3137 14699
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 689135184507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6891 3518 4507 (b) 6891 3518 45007 (c) 8691 3518 4507 (d) 8913 5184 507
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pink All (b) Lions Pink All Eat (c) All Pink Lions Eat (d) Eat Lions Pink All
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 659831657. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 836 57 (b) 659 831 675 (c) 659 831 657 (d) 665 983 1657
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 520953010428. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5220 9530 10428 (b) 5095 3010 428 (c) 5209 5301 0428 (d) 5209 5310 0428
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eight
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, tomato, apple, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLAI (b) LTAI (c) IATL (d) TAIL
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, ice cream, ant? (a) Ice Aunty Cats (b) Cats Ice Aunty (c) Ice Cats Aunty (d) Aunty Ice Cats
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wise (b) Eat Seven Wise Nine (c) Eat Nine Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eat Nine
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Pink Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Eight Pink Crazy
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5589342189. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 934 2189 (b) 558 934 189 (c) 555 893 42189 (d) 558 934 1289
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 952092861787. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9520 9286 1787 (b) 9520 9288 61787 (c) 9529 2861 787 (d) 9520 9286 1778
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, tomato, anchor, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BATS (b) TABS (c) STAB (d) TSAB
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, guava, orange? (a) Only Grab Seven (b) Grab Only Seven (c) Grab Seven Only (d) Seven Grab Only
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mice All (b) Frogs Jeeps Mice All (c) Frogs Mice All Jeeps (d) All Mice Frogs Jeeps
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, goat, fan, kite, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGFKD (b) DKFGN (c) GFKDN (d) GNFKD
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN

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