Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 668 · 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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 9854905364. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 985 490 536 (b) 985 499 05364 (c) 985 490 5364 (d) 985 940 5364
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (b) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (c) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (d) Seven Rani Lazy Fly
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Sing Rani (b) Rani Sing Love Fly (c) Sing Love Fly Rani (d) Sing Rani Love Fly
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pigs Cats (b) Every Cook Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cook Every (d) Cook Pigs Cats Every
8. 8.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 478255289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 487 255 289 (b) 478 255 2289 (c) 472 552 89 (d) 478 255 289
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 114450410311. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1144 5041 03111 (b) 1144 5041 031 (c) 1144 5041 0311 (d) 1144 5040 1311
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, shoe, guava, ball, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGBPD (b) DSGBP (c) PBGSD (d) SDGBP
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, pencil, kettle, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MKPC (b) PCKM (c) PKMC (d) CPKM
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Eat Neat (c) Eat Seven Wins Neat (d) Neat Eat Seven Wins
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Seven (b) Wet Seven Green (c) Seven Wet Green (d) Green Wet Seven
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
24. 24.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Ants Jeeps (b) Ants Mum Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps Mum Ants (d) Jeeps Fly Mum Ants
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
32. 32.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, tent, needle? (a) Tiny Owls Neat (b) Owls Tiny Neat (c) Neat Tiny Owls (d) Tiny Neat Owls
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5708199102. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 570 819 9120 (b) 570 881 99102 (c) 570 819 9102 (d) 570 899 102
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, van, cat? (a) Crazy Vans Silly (b) Vans Crazy Silly (c) Silly Vans Crazy (d) Vans Silly Crazy
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Red (b) Red Seven Love Funny (c) Seven Red Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Red
39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, fan, urn? (a) Funny Uncle Cats (b) Uncle Funny Cats (c) Cats Funny Uncle (d) Funny Cats Uncle

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