Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 13 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Every Nine (b) Nine Every Sing Wins (c) Every Nine Sing Wins (d) Every Sing Wins Nine
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs My Aunty (b) Frogs Jump My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jump (d) Frogs My Aunty Jump
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3436501873. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 343 650 1873 (b) 343 655 01873 (c) 343 650 1837 (d) 346 501 873
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 acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Wins Green Sing (d) Wins Sing Green
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 926101841548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9261 0188 41548 (b) 9261 0184 1548 (c) 9610 1841 548 (d) 9261 0184 1458
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 235781050. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 235 781 050 (b) 235 781 0500 (c) 325 781 050 (d) 235 781 00
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Green Wet Seven
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink All Eight (b) Eight Lions Pink All (c) All Pink Lions Eight (d) Lions Eight Pink All
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 114399195135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1143 9919 5135 (b) 1143 9919 95135 (c) 1143 9195 135 (d) 1143 9199 5135
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 199310224123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1993 1022 24123 (b) 1991 3022 4123 (c) 1993 1022 4123 (d) 1993 1024 123
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jug, owl, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWOV (b) VOJW (c) JOVW (d) WJOV
31. 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, kite, ladder, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSLJ (b) KLJS (c) JLKS (d) SKLJ
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 858090214702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8580 9002 14702 (b) 8580 0921 4702 (c) 8580 9021 4702 (d) 8580 9014 702
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, tent, kettle, ball, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLKBJ (b) LTKBJ (c) TKBJL (d) JBKTL
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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