Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 67 · 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.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, goat, lemon, flute, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GILFM (b) GLFMI (c) IGLFM (d) MFLGI
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 866009162627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8660 0916 6227 (b) 8660 0162 627 (c) 8660 0091 62627 (d) 8660 0916 2627
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 334403977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 334 403 977 (b) 334 043 977 (c) 333 440 3977 (d) 334 403 97
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, cat, parrot, wallet, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTPWD (b) TCPWD (c) DWPCT (d) CPWDT
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔤 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
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, orange, shoe, monkey, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGSMV (b) VMSOG (c) GOSMV (d) OSMVG
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, rope, mango? (a) Mum Rani Goats (b) Goats Rani Mum (c) Rani Mum Goats (d) Rani Goats Mum
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, tiger, monkey? (a) Mice Tiny Kind (b) Tiny Kind Mice (c) Kind Tiny Mice (d) Tiny Mice Kind
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 411491183313. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4114 9113 8313 (b) 4149 1183 313 (c) 4114 9118 83313 (d) 4114 9118 3313
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Nani Seven Wet (c) Nani Eat Seven Wet (d) Eat Seven Wet Nani
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 6958398301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 695 838 301 (b) 695 839 98301 (c) 695 839 3801 (d) 695 839 8301
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 479026228. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 926 228 (b) 479 026 228 (c) 479 022 6228 (d) 479 026 22
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 386340587. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 386 340 587 (b) 363 405 87 (c) 386 344 0587 (d) 836 340 587
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, flute, glass? (a) Lazy Frogs Grab (b) Frogs Grab Lazy (c) Frogs Lazy Grab (d) Grab Frogs Lazy
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eat (b) Cats Eat Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Pink Cook
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, pencil, fan? (a) Pink Big Funny (b) Pink Funny Big (c) Funny Pink Big (d) Big Pink Funny
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My Ants (c) Frogs My Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My Ants
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, doll, apple, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DANM (b) NADM (c) MDAN (d) DMAN
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, candle, drum? (a) Cook Dogs Rani (b) Cook Rani Dogs (c) Rani Cook Dogs (d) Dogs Cook Rani

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