Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 144 · 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.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wise (b) Eat Sing Wise Nani (c) Wise Sing Eat Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wise
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Seven Rani (b) Seven Lions Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Lions Funny (d) Seven Rani Lions Funny
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, glass, pencil, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRPN (b) NPGR (c) RGPN (d) GPNR
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 549423961. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 239 61 (b) 549 423 961 (c) 549 942 3961 (d) 549 423 691
10. 10.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 764834396716. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7648 3439 6716 (b) 7648 3436 716 (c) 7648 3439 6176 (d) 7648 3439 66716
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 330472418388. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3304 7248 388 (b) 3330 4724 18388 (c) 3304 7241 8388 (d) 3034 7241 8388
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ladder, van, guava, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCVGB (b) LVGBC (c) BGVLC (d) CLVGB
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 303940307002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3039 4030 7002 (b) 3039 4007 002 (c) 3039 4030 70002 (d) 3039 0430 7002
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2653424377. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 265 342 4377 (b) 226 534 24377 (c) 265 342 3477 (d) 263 424 377
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 172246257. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 224 6257 (b) 172 246 257 (c) 172 246 27 (d) 172 246 527
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 138260372313. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1388 2603 72313 (b) 1382 6037 2133 (c) 1382 6037 2313 (d) 1826 0372 313
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, kite, drum? (a) Dogs Kites Bunny (b) Kites Dogs Bunny (c) Kites Bunny Dogs (d) Bunny Kites Dogs
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 720237325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 772 023 7325 (b) 270 237 325 (c) 720 237 325 (d) 722 373 25
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Silly
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, violin, apple? (a) Ants Very Jump (b) Very Jump Ants (c) Very Ants Jump (d) Jump Very Ants
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, pencil, orange, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POWD (b) DPOW (c) PDOW (d) WOPD
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 240389639127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2403 9863 9127 (b) 2403 8996 39127 (c) 2403 8963 9127 (d) 2038 9639 127
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, ball, monkey? (a) Mum Bakes Frogs (b) Bakes Mum Frogs (c) Frogs Bakes Mum (d) Bakes Frogs Mum
40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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