Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 994 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, inkpot, frog, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFCG (b) CFIG (c) IGFC (d) GIFC
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (d) Every Lions Pigs Aunty
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, van, fan, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFVG (b) GVFC (c) VFCG (d) VGFC
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, apple, wallet, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAWF (b) AOWF (c) FWAO (d) AWFO
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wise Neat (b) Every Neat Seven Wise (c) Neat Every Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Every Neat
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Silly (b) Wins Grab Silly (c) Silly Wins Grab (d) Wins Silly Grab
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 355556972261. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3555 5692 7261 (b) 3555 6972 261 (c) 3555 5569 72261 (d) 3555 5697 2261
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Neat (b) Neat Eat Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eat Neat (d) Eat Neat Sing Wins
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 203361286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 203 361 826 (b) 200 336 1286 (c) 203 361 286 (d) 233 612 86
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 499345779865. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4993 4577 8965 (b) 4994 5779 865 (c) 4993 4577 9865 (d) 4993 3457 79865
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, parrot, jalebi, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPJF (b) PNJF (c) PJFN (d) FJPN
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1514002158. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 154 100 2158 (b) 151 002 158 (c) 151 400 21158 (d) 151 400 2158
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Every (b) Lazy Every Pink All (c) Lazy Pink All Every (d) Every Lazy Pink All
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Sing Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Wise Goats Sing
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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