Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 531 · 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.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, anchor, fan? (a) Aunty Wet Frogs (b) Wet Aunty Frogs (c) Aunty Frogs Wet (d) Frogs Aunty Wet
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cook Eight Pigs Cats
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mum All (b) Jump Funny Mum All (c) Funny Mum All Jump (d) All Mum Funny Jump
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 172029442. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 029 4442 (b) 172 029 442 (c) 172 092 442 (d) 120 294 42
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, pillow, net? (a) Pigs Aunty Nine (b) Nine Pigs Aunty (c) Pigs Nine Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Nine
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 1875118926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 187 511 896 (b) 187 751 18926 (c) 187 518 1926 (d) 187 511 8926
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, glass, umpire? (a) Goats Under Love (b) Under Goats Love (c) Love Goats Under (d) Goats Love Under
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, tiger, spoon, whistle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTSWM (b) MWSTR (c) TSWMR (d) TRSWM
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 944779100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 944 771 00 (b) 944 779 010 (c) 944 779 100 (d) 944 779 1000
25. 25.🔤 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
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, igloo, pencil? (a) Ink Tiny Pink (b) Ink Pink Tiny (c) Tiny Ink Pink (d) Pink Ink Tiny
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Every (b) Lions Every Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Play Aunty
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, radio, bucket, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBRJ (b) JRBL (c) RJBL (d) RBLJ
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 675355685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 675 535 685 (b) 675 335 5685 (c) 675 355 685 (d) 675 355 85
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wet Nine (b) Eat Nine Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eat Nine (d) Nine Eat Seven Wet
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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