Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 151 · 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: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, duck, pillow? (a) Dogs Pink Aunty (b) Dogs Aunty Pink (c) Aunty Dogs Pink (d) Pink Dogs Aunty
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 1109164487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 916 44887 (b) 110 916 4847 (c) 110 916 4487 (d) 110 916 448
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 7611604225. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 761 160 4225 (b) 761 160 42225 (c) 761 604 225 (d) 671 160 4225
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, inkpot, parrot, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIPT (b) IPTR (c) TPIR (d) IRPT
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, frog, pencil, guava, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGPFA (b) AFPGR (c) FAPGR (d) FPGRA
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Seven Rani (b) Rani Seven Lazy Frogs (c) Seven Rani Lazy Frogs (d) Seven Lazy Frogs Rani
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
19. 19.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, lamp, watch, needle, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWNPJ (b) PNWLJ (c) JLWNP (d) LJWNP
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, frog, ball, lamp, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBLRA (b) FABLR (c) AFBLR (d) RLBFA
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, needle, igloo, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AINW (b) WNIA (c) NIAW (d) NWIA
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, cat, spoon, jalebi, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCSJN (b) CSJND (c) CDSJN (d) NJSCD
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Play Crazy Eat (d) Cats Eat Play Crazy
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 222330192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 333 0192 (b) 222 301 92 (c) 223 230 192 (d) 222 330 192
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, flute, inkpot? (a) Funny Ice Bunny (b) Funny Bunny Ice (c) Bunny Funny Ice (d) Ice Funny Bunny
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 565588084. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 655 588 084 (b) 565 588 084 (c) 565 880 84 (d) 565 588 0884

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