Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 847 · 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: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
3. 3.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (c) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Every
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, mango, spoon, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSJW (b) MWSJ (c) JSMW (d) WMSJ
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Wise Goats Silly
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 6117634509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 617 634 509 (b) 611 764 3509 (c) 611 763 4509 (d) 661 176 34509
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Neat (b) Eat Neat Silly Wet (c) Neat Eat Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Eat Neat
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Ants (b) Lions Play Ants Eat (c) Eat Lions Play Ants (d) Ants Play Lions Eat
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, ant, doll? (a) All Dad Only (b) Dad All Only (c) All Only Dad (d) Only All Dad
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, spoon, bucket? (a) Sing Jolly Bakes (b) Bakes Sing Jolly (c) Jolly Sing Bakes (d) Sing Bakes Jolly
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 966167044720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9661 6704 470 (b) 9661 6704 4720 (c) 9661 6700 44720 (d) 9661 6704 7420
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, pillow, anchor, frog, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPAFT (b) TFAPB (c) PBAFT (d) PAFTB
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 560054715. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 560 547 15 (b) 560 005 4715 (c) 650 054 715 (d) 560 054 715
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cook Every (b) Every Cook Play Cook (c) Cook Every Play Cook (d) Every Cook Cook Play
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, lemon, duck? (a) Dance Lions My (b) Lions Dance My (c) Lions My Dance (d) My Lions Dance
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, cat, kite? (a) Kids Cook Jump (b) Jump Cook Kids (c) Cook Jump Kids (d) Cook Kids Jump
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Fly Jump (b) Fly Mice All Jump (c) Fly Jump Mice All (d) Jump Fly Mice All
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, frog, kettle? (a) Frogs Kind Mice (b) Frogs Mice Kind (c) Kind Frogs Mice (d) Mice Frogs Kind
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1777340186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 734 0186 (b) 177 773 40186 (c) 777 340 186 (d) 717 734 0186

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