Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 575 · 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 four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, umpire, ball, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMBD (b) MUBD (c) DBUM (d) UBDM
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, mango, lemon? (a) My Lazy Fly (b) Lazy My Fly (c) My Fly Lazy (d) Fly My Lazy
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pigs Cats (b) Cook Pigs Cats Every (c) Cook Every Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cook Every
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, cat, nest, urn, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCNUR (b) RUNCP (c) CNURP (d) CPNUR
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 887730247. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 730 2247 (b) 887 732 47 (c) 887 730 247 (d) 887 703 247
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 786810183086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7866 8101 83086 (b) 8768 1018 3086 (c) 7868 0183 086 (d) 7868 1018 3086
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lions Eight (b) Eight Lions Play Ants (c) Lions Eight Play Ants (d) Lions Play Ants Eight
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 262577055223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2625 7705 5223 (b) 2625 7750 5223 (c) 2625 7705 223 (d) 2625 7700 55223
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, apple, wallet? (a) Up Aunty Wise (b) Wise Aunty Up (c) Aunty Wise Up (d) Aunty Up Wise
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 901822991032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9018 2299 1032 (b) 9108 2299 1032 (c) 9018 2299 132 (d) 9901 8229 91032
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 703187129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 073 187 129 (b) 703 871 29 (c) 703 187 1129 (d) 703 187 129
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny Mum All (c) Funny Mum All Jump (d) Funny Jump Mum All
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Aunty Jolly (b) Aunty Mum Funny Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mum Aunty (d) Jolly Funny Mum Aunty
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2046583496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 658 3946 (b) 204 658 3496 (c) 204 583 496 (d) 204 655 83496
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6282709024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 270 9024 (b) 628 270 90024 (c) 628 270 9204 (d) 682 709 024
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, cat, rose? (a) Runs Cook Kind (b) Cook Runs Kind (c) Kind Cook Runs (d) Cook Kind Runs
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lazy Every (b) Lazy Every Play Ants (c) Every Lazy Play Ants (d) Lazy Play Ants Every
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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