Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 853 · 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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, van, igloo, net, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBINF (b) BVINF (c) VINFB (d) FNIVB
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, umpire, apple, mirror, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAMOC (b) OMAUC (c) UCAMO (d) CUAMO
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, pencil, drum? (a) Play Ink Dance (b) Ink Play Dance (c) Dance Play Ink (d) Play Dance Ink
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Silly (c) Wet Goats Silly (d) Wet Silly Goats
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, nest, ant? (a) Neat Big Aunty (b) Neat Aunty Big (c) Big Neat Aunty (d) Aunty Neat Big
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Grab Wise Seven
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, rope, whistle? (a) Runs Kids Wet (b) Wet Runs Kids (c) Kids Runs Wet (d) Runs Wet Kids
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
16. 16.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, fan, apple? (a) Fly Jump All (b) All Fly Jump (c) Fly All Jump (d) Jump Fly All
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lazy Fly (b) Silly Lazy Fly Rani (c) Silly Rani Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Silly Rani
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, ball, urn? (a) Bakes Up Funny (b) Funny Bakes Up (c) Up Bakes Funny (d) Bakes Funny Up
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 1762401512. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 176 240 11512 (b) 176 240 1512 (c) 176 241 512 (d) 176 204 1512
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, net, fan, tomato, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNFTA (b) NFTAC (c) NCFTA (d) ATFNC
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Green (b) Wet Sing Green (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Green Wet Sing
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 625863055177. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6258 6305 55177 (b) 6258 3605 5177 (c) 6258 6305 5177 (d) 6258 3055 177
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, frog, jug? (a) Fly Jolly Ants (b) Ants Fly Jolly (c) Fly Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Ants

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