Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 541 · 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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 502118982. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 118 892 (b) 502 118 982 (c) 500 211 8982 (d) 502 118 92
5. 5.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wet (b) Every Sing Wet Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Nani
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 765415826610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7654 1582 6610 (b) 7654 1582 6601 (c) 7654 1588 26610 (d) 7654 1586 610
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, ice cream, jeep? (a) Ice Big Jeeps (b) Big Ice Jeeps (c) Jeeps Ice Big (d) Ice Jeeps Big
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 437563833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 437 563 833 (b) 437 568 333 (c) 437 563 83 (d) 437 556 3833
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Eat (b) Lions Pink Ants Eat (c) Eat Lions Pink Ants (d) Lions Eat Pink Ants
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, fan, lamp? (a) Funny Jolly Love (b) Love Funny Jolly (c) Funny Love Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Love
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eight
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, glass, pencil? (a) Grab Uncle Pink (b) Pink Grab Uncle (c) Uncle Grab Pink (d) Grab Pink Uncle
19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2753372787. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 533 72787 (b) 253 372 787 (c) 275 337 2787 (d) 275 332 7787
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 672854190. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 672 854 190 (b) 672 854 910 (c) 672 854 4190 (d) 672 854 10
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 423451534871. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4234 5153 4871 (b) 4243 5153 4871 (c) 4234 5515 34871 (d) 4235 1534 871
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly Mice All (b) Fly Mice All Jolly (c) All Mice Fly Jolly (d) Fly Jolly Mice All
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, drum, ladder? (a) Dance Lazy Goats (b) Lazy Dance Goats (c) Dance Goats Lazy (d) Goats Dance Lazy
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, igloo, doll, ant, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GADIK (b) IKDAG (c) IDAGK (d) KIDAG
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, orange, tomato, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTDM (b) MOTD (c) OMTD (d) DTOM
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 463986230547. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4639 8623 547 (b) 4639 8623 05547 (c) 6439 8623 0547 (d) 4639 8623 0547
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, ant, tent? (a) Love Aunty Tiny (b) Aunty Love Tiny (c) Tiny Aunty Love (d) Aunty Tiny Love
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty (c) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps

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