Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 757 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, guava, watch, jeep, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWJPL (b) GLWJP (c) LGWJP (d) PJWGL
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wise (b) Neat Eight Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Eight Neat (d) Eight Seven Wise Neat
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 537167519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 537 167 519 (b) 537 167 7519 (c) 537 165 19 (d) 357 167 519
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 235243427. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 235 244 3427 (b) 235 244 327 (c) 235 243 427 (d) 352 434 27
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Every Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wins (c) Every Sing Wins Neat (d) Every Neat Sing Wins
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 1176442368. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 117 642 368 (b) 117 644 2368 (c) 111 764 42368 (d) 117 644 2386
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, pencil, flute, kite, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIFKJ (b) PFKJI (c) IPFKJ (d) JKFPI
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, rope, glass, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRGD (b) RNGD (c) RGDN (d) DGRN
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (b) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 802830448412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8028 3044 4812 (b) 8028 3044 8412 (c) 8023 0448 412 (d) 8028 8304 48412
29. 29.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 259458716031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2594 5817 6031 (b) 2594 5871 6031 (c) 2594 5871 601 (d) 2594 5871 66031
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
34. 34.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, vase, mirror? (a) Vans Mice Only (b) Vans Only Mice (c) Only Vans Mice (d) Mice Vans Only
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Crazy (b) Cats Eight Pigs Crazy (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 787309703017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7873 0970 017 (b) 7873 0907 3017 (c) 7873 0970 3017 (d) 7873 0970 03017
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, cat, flute, lemon, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFLTP (b) PCFLT (c) CPFLT (d) TLFCP

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