Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 629 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly Mum Ants (b) Fly Mum Ants Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Fly Jeeps
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 105301129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 530 1129 (b) 105 011 29 (c) 105 310 129 (d) 105 301 129
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 468033944508. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4680 3394 44508 (b) 4803 3944 508 (c) 4680 3394 4508 (d) 4680 3934 4508
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, kettle, doll, shoe, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKDSC (b) CSDKJ (c) KDSCJ (d) KJDSC
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Cats (b) Every Cats Cats Pigs (c) Every Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cats Every
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly Mice All (b) Funny Mice All Jolly (c) Jolly Funny Mice All (d) All Mice Funny Jolly
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Eat Nine (c) Eat Sing Wise Nine (d) Nine Eat Sing Wise
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 514972038. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 514 927 038 (b) 519 720 38 (c) 551 497 2038 (d) 514 972 038
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, anchor, van? (a) Toys All Vines (b) All Vines Toys (c) Vines All Toys (d) All Toys Vines
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
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.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, goat, flute, ladder, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGFLM (b) GCFLM (c) GFLMC (d) MLFGC
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, flute, lamp, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLFI (b) FLPI (c) FILP (d) IFLP
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
27. 27.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, radio, tent? (a) Rani Tiny Play (b) Play Rani Tiny (c) Tiny Rani Play (d) Rani Play Tiny
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 6684197482. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 668 841 97482 (b) 668 419 742 (c) 668 419 7482 (d) 668 419 4782
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 715157382008. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1751 5738 2008 (b) 7151 5738 2008 (c) 7715 1573 82008 (d) 7151 5738 208
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 110651298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 615 298 (b) 110 651 298 (c) 110 651 2988 (d) 110 651 98
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, guava, net, kettle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNKFW (b) FKNGW (c) GWNKF (d) WGNKF
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, flute, mirror, spoon, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMSAP (b) FPMSA (c) PFMSA (d) ASMFP
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, monkey, ladder? (a) Lazy My All (b) My All Lazy (c) My Lazy All (d) All My Lazy
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Goats (b) Wins Goats Silly (c) Goats Wins Silly (d) Silly Wins Goats

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