Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 972 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 298711968016. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2987 1196 8106 (b) 2981 1968 016 (c) 2987 1119 68016 (d) 2987 1196 8016
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, key, rope, glass, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGRKL (b) KRGVL (c) KLRGV (d) LKRGV
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, fan, owl, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJOD (b) JFOD (c) FODJ (d) DOFJ
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 212664825948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2126 6482 55948 (b) 2126 4682 5948 (c) 2126 6482 594 (d) 2126 6482 5948
11. 11.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 417372066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 413 772 066 (b) 417 372 0666 (c) 413 720 66 (d) 417 372 066
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, glass, kettle? (a) Green Kind Uncle (b) Green Uncle Kind (c) Kind Green Uncle (d) Uncle Green Kind
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, apple, owl, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MAOT (b) AOTM (c) TOAM (d) AMOT
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, drum, lemon, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLMA (b) DALM (c) MLDA (d) ADLM
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, doll, pillow? (a) Vines Dogs Play (b) Dogs Play Vines (c) Play Dogs Vines (d) Dogs Vines Play
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, duck, rope? (a) Dogs Under Runs (b) Runs Dogs Under (c) Under Dogs Runs (d) Dogs Runs Under
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 654457131701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6544 5731 1701 (b) 6544 5713 101 (c) 6544 5713 1701 (d) 6544 5713 17701
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, umbrella, orange, coconut, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOCMB (b) MCOUB (c) BUOCM (d) UBOCM
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, lemon, kettle, doll, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKDIJ (b) IDKLJ (c) JLKDI (d) LJKDI
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, ant, jalebi, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJAC (b) ACJD (c) CAJD (d) AJDC
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Fly Jeeps (b) Fly Mice Ants Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps Mice Ants (d) Jeeps Fly Mice Ants
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (b) Eat Crazy Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Pink Cats Eat
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
34. 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy (c) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, jeep, mango? (a) Jolly Mice Green (b) Green Jolly Mice (c) Jolly Green Mice (d) Mice Jolly Green
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Ants Every (b) Ants Pigs Love Every (c) Every Love Pigs Ants (d) Love Every Pigs Ants
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, urn, ice cream, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJIG (b) GIUJ (c) UIGJ (d) JUIG
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme

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