Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 10 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 3517821546. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 821 546 (b) 351 782 1546 (c) 315 782 1546 (d) 351 178 21546
5. 5.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (b) Eight Lions Pigs Ants (c) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eight
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jolly (b) Aunty My Funny Jolly (c) Funny Jolly My Aunty (d) Jolly Funny My Aunty
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, anchor, mango? (a) My Aunty Dance (b) Dance Aunty My (c) Aunty My Dance (d) Aunty Dance My
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 905530857. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 905 553 0857 (b) 905 530 875 (c) 905 530 857 (d) 905 530 57
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 857067806789. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8570 6778 06789 (b) 8570 7680 6789 (c) 8570 6780 679 (d) 8570 6780 6789
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, radio, lemon, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLRUB (b) URLGB (c) UBRLG (d) BURLG
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 538054642. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 538 054 624 (b) 538 005 4642 (c) 380 546 42 (d) 538 054 642
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 614456212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 614 445 6212 (b) 614 456 212 (c) 614 452 612 (d) 614 562 12
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, watch, ice cream, fan, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDIFL (b) WIFLD (c) DWIFL (d) LFIWD
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 272272376. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 272 272 376 (b) 272 272 367 (c) 272 272 36 (d) 272 227 2376
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 918096787. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 096 787 (b) 918 067 87 (c) 991 809 6787 (d) 198 096 787
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
34. 34.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Silly Runs (b) Silly Runs Lazy Funny (c) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (d) Runs Silly Lazy Funny
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Play All (b) Love Play All Every (c) Every Love Play All (d) All Play Love Every
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 717729748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 717 729 9748 (b) 717 729 478 (c) 717 729 748 (d) 717 729 74
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum All Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum All (c) Frogs Jolly Mum All (d) All Mum Frogs Jolly

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