Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 651 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Crazy (b) Crazy Every Play Crazy (c) Every Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Play Crazy Every
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Seven (b) Wins Grab Seven (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Seven Wins Grab
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Fly Red (b) Fly Love Silly Red (c) Red Silly Love Fly (d) Silly Red Love Fly
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Seven Wet (d) Eight Seven Wet Nani
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 813891105172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8138 9110 5172 (b) 8139 1105 172 (c) 8318 9110 5172 (d) 8113 8911 05172
14. 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Funny My Ants (b) Funny Jeeps My Ants (c) Ants My Funny Jeeps (d) Funny My Ants Jeeps
16. 16.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, spoon, net? (a) Nani Sing Jolly (b) Sing Nani Jolly (c) Jolly Sing Nani (d) Sing Jolly Nani
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 661247232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 661 242 32 (b) 661 247 232 (c) 661 244 7232 (d) 661 274 232
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, mirror, coconut, umbrella, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMCUI (b) MPCUI (c) IUCMP (d) MCUIP
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 820023723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 023 7723 (b) 800 237 23 (c) 820 023 732 (d) 820 023 723
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 211411139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 411 139 (b) 211 411 39 (c) 221 141 1139 (d) 211 411 193
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 727512828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 727 551 2828 (b) 772 512 828 (c) 725 128 28 (d) 727 512 828
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wins Nani (b) Wins Seven Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Seven Wins (d) Nani Eight Seven Wins
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, anchor, parrot? (a) Pigs Ants Fly (b) Ants Pigs Fly (c) Ants Fly Pigs (d) Fly Ants Pigs
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 339275758943. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3392 7575 8943 (b) 3392 7575 89433 (c) 3392 7575 893 (d) 3392 7557 8943
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Neat (b) Neat Every Seven Wet (c) Every Neat Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Every Neat
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, duck, lemon? (a) Love Dogs My (b) Dogs My Love (c) Dogs Love My (d) My Dogs Love

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