Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 983 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 977328682148. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9777 3286 82148 (b) 9773 2868 2148 (c) 7973 2868 2148 (d) 9732 8682 148
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9596642527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 959 662 4527 (b) 959 664 252 (c) 959 664 2527 (d) 955 966 42527
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (d) Aunty My Fly Jeeps
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, urn, duck, apple, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUDAJ (b) UNDAJ (c) UDAJN (d) JADUN
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Silly (b) Wet Silly Grab (c) Grab Wet Silly (d) Silly Wet Grab
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, igloo, watch, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBIWV (b) UIWVB (c) BUIWV (d) VWIUB
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 first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Aunty Jump (b) Frogs Jump Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Frogs Jump (d) Jump Frogs Mice Aunty
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 131171625082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1311 7162 50822 (b) 1311 1762 5082 (c) 3117 1625 082 (d) 1311 7162 5082
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play All (b) All Play Lions Eat (c) Lions Play All Eat (d) Eat Lions Play All
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, watch, rose, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWRN (b) WRNG (c) NRWG (d) WGRN
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, fan, urn, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FURG (b) GFUR (c) FGUR (d) RUFG
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ladder, kettle, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNKFG (b) NLKFG (c) GFKLN (d) LKFGN
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, lemon, anchor? (a) Sing Love Ants (b) Love Sing Ants (c) Ants Love Sing (d) Love Ants Sing
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 274315760. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 315 760 (b) 274 315 7760 (c) 243 157 60 (d) 274 315 760
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Every (b) Every Cats Play Crazy (c) Cats Every Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cats Every
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔤 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
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Every (b) Cook Pigs Crazy Every (c) Cook Every Pigs Crazy (d) Every Cook Pigs Crazy
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, duck, wallet? (a) Wins Dad Nani (b) Dad Nani Wins (c) Nani Dad Wins (d) Dad Wins Nani
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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