Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 118 · 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: jalebi, vase, net? (a) Very Jump Neat (b) Neat Very Jump (c) Jump Very Neat (d) Very Neat Jump
2. 2.🧰 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) an acronym word (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 531992405. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 531 992 40 (b) 531 992 450 (c) 531 992 405 (d) 531 992 4005
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 739041699019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7390 4169 9019 (b) 7390 4169 019 (c) 7390 1469 9019 (d) 7390 4169 90019
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔤 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
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 3219220610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 922 0610 (b) 321 922 0160 (c) 321 922 06610 (d) 321 922 610
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (d) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 7159008723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 715 900 8273 (b) 719 008 723 (c) 715 900 8723 (d) 711 590 08723
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 9330912156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 993 309 12156 (b) 930 391 2156 (c) 933 091 2156 (d) 933 092 156
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 860886594. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 860 886 94 (b) 860 886 594 (c) 860 088 6594 (d) 680 886 594
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, radio, spoon? (a) Red My Sing (b) Sing Red My (c) My Red Sing (d) Red Sing My
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Sing (b) Goats Wins Sing (c) Wins Sing Goats (d) Sing Wins Goats
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1889139316. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 188 913 93166 (b) 188 913 3916 (c) 188 913 9316 (d) 889 139 316
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, tiger, parrot? (a) Tiny Pink Big (b) Pink Tiny Big (c) Tiny Big Pink (d) Big Tiny Pink
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, shoe, candle, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSCW (b) SCWV (c) WCSV (d) SVCW
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 317474778732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3117 4747 78732 (b) 3174 7477 8732 (c) 3174 7478 732 (d) 3174 7747 8732
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 8329032317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 832 290 32317 (b) 832 903 237 (c) 832 903 2317 (d) 839 203 2317
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 621256138. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 251 638 (b) 621 256 138 (c) 621 561 38 (d) 621 256 1338
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 271370805. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 370 8005 (b) 217 370 805 (c) 271 370 805 (d) 271 370 85
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 954948077173. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9544 9807 7173 (b) 9549 4877 173 (c) 9549 4807 7173 (d) 9954 9480 77173
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4764860107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 764 860 107 (b) 476 486 60107 (c) 476 486 0017 (d) 476 486 0107
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 2560185484. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 001 85484 (b) 256 018 5484 (c) 256 018 484 (d) 526 018 5484
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Ants Every (b) Lazy Every Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Pigs Ants
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA

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