Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 86 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mice All (b) All Mice Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mice All (d) Frogs Mice All Jump
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Nine (b) Wet Sing Every Nine (c) Every Nine Sing Wet (d) Nine Every Sing Wet
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Crazy (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (d) Cook Eat Pigs Crazy
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, key, doll, igloo, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDIFP (b) KPDIF (c) FIDKP (d) PKDIF
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, urn, jug? (a) My Under Jolly (b) Under Jolly My (c) Under My Jolly (d) Jolly Under My
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) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Rani (b) Seven Rani Lions Funny (c) Rani Seven Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Seven Rani
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, ice cream, radio, mango, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRMKO (b) IORMK (c) OIRMK (d) KMRIO
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Aunty Every (b) Aunty Pink Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Every Pink Aunty
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, ant, kite? (a) Aunty Kites Seven (b) Aunty Seven Kites (c) Kites Aunty Seven (d) Seven Aunty Kites
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 204661010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 666 1010 (b) 204 661 10 (c) 240 661 010 (d) 204 661 010
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pink Cats (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Pink Cats
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8352199772. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 835 129 9772 (b) 835 211 99772 (c) 352 199 772 (d) 835 219 9772
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Neat (b) Eat Neat Seven Wise (c) Eat Seven Wise Neat (d) Neat Eat Seven Wise
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (b) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (d) Funny Jeeps My Aunty
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, tiger, ball? (a) Mum Tea Big (b) Big Tea Mum (c) Tea Big Mum (d) Tea Mum Big
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, violin, igloo? (a) Mum Very Ice (b) Ice Very Mum (c) Very Mum Ice (d) Very Ice Mum
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, onion, needle? (a) Cats Old Neat (b) Neat Old Cats (c) Old Cats Neat (d) Old Neat Cats
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1779111397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 911 397 (b) 177 911 1397 (c) 717 911 1397 (d) 117 791 11397
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 241124406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 241 124 406 (b) 241 124 06 (c) 241 124 4006 (d) 241 124 460
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, urn, jalebi? (a) Uncle Jeeps Goats (b) Goats Uncle Jeeps (c) Uncle Goats Jeeps (d) Jeeps Uncle Goats
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 122208936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 289 36 (b) 122 208 936 (c) 122 208 9336 (d) 122 209 836
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Ants Eat (b) Lions Eat Pink Ants (c) Eat Lions Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Lions Eat

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