Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 492 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, tomato, pillow, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPTR (b) TRPM (c) TPMR (d) RTPM
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, frog, parrot, radio, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPRGO (b) FOPRG (c) OFPRG (d) GRPFO
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, kite, frog? (a) Kites Lazy Fly (b) Kites Fly Lazy (c) Fly Kites Lazy (d) Lazy Kites Fly
15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 259038087920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2590 3808 720 (b) 2509 3808 7920 (c) 2590 3808 7920 (d) 2590 3808 79200
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (b) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Runs
20. 20.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (b) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Lazy Fly (d) Seven Runs Lazy Fly
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Funny Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps Mum Aunty (c) Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty (d) Funny Mum Aunty Jeeps
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.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 366979084222. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3669 7098 4222 (b) 3669 7900 84222 (c) 3669 7908 4222 (d) 3669 7908 422
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 322606353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 606 353 (b) 322 606 3533 (c) 226 063 53 (d) 322 606 353
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 549814611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 549 814 61 (b) 549 981 4611 (c) 549 814 611 (d) 459 814 611
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, orange, rope, ball, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVRBG (b) ORBGV (c) GBROV (d) VORBG
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 295641298020. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2956 4129 8002 (b) 2954 1298 020 (c) 2956 4129 8020 (d) 2956 6412 98020

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