Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 113 · 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 this list, in order: tiger, watch, frog? (a) Funny Wet Tiny (b) Tiny Wet Funny (c) Wet Funny Tiny (d) Wet Tiny Funny
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Neat (b) Every Neat Silly Wins (c) Wins Silly Every Neat (d) Neat Every Silly Wins
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, mango, tiger, rope, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMTRW (b) MKTRW (c) WRTMK (d) MTRWK
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 731949192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 944 9192 (b) 371 949 192 (c) 731 949 12 (d) 731 949 192
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, cat, apple, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAWG (b) GCAW (c) CGAW (d) WACG
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 2659727843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 265 972 743 (b) 265 972 7483 (c) 265 972 7843 (d) 266 597 27843
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, owl, glass? (a) Grab Owls Crazy (b) Owls Crazy Grab (c) Owls Grab Crazy (d) Crazy Owls Grab
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 601027211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 601 027 211 (b) 601 027 21 (c) 601 027 7211 (d) 601 072 211
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 491612899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 496 128 99 (b) 491 161 2899 (c) 419 612 899 (d) 491 612 899
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Play Crazy (b) Cook Play Crazy Every (c) Cook Every Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cook Every
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 782382794809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7283 8279 4809 (b) 7823 8294 809 (c) 7782 3827 94809 (d) 7823 8279 4809
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 201387156322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2013 7156 322 (b) 2013 8715 6322 (c) 2013 8715 63222 (d) 2018 3715 6322
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 783274337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 783 277 4337 (b) 782 374 337 (c) 783 274 337 (d) 783 743 37
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 870143807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 870 144 3807 (b) 870 143 807 (c) 870 143 87 (d) 780 143 807
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3878031156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 387 801 3156 (b) 387 803 11156 (c) 378 031 156 (d) 387 803 1156
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1841838920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 184 183 8920 (b) 184 183 820 (c) 184 138 8920 (d) 184 183 89220
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 594138176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 413 8176 (b) 594 138 716 (c) 941 381 76 (d) 594 138 176
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 168901500160. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1689 0150 0160 (b) 1689 0150 010 (c) 1680 9150 0160 (d) 1689 9015 00160
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My All (c) Jolly Funny My All (d) Funny My All Jolly
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, fan, shoe? (a) Funny Love Seven (b) Funny Seven Love (c) Seven Funny Love (d) Love Funny Seven
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 871122898812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8112 2898 812 (b) 8711 2289 8812 (c) 8711 2288 9812 (d) 8771 1228 98812
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, guava, pencil, mango, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GPMKW (b) WGPMK (c) GWPMK (d) KMPGW
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs

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