Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 168 · 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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs All Eat (b) Love Eat Pigs All (c) All Pigs Love Eat (d) Eat Love Pigs All
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 6824592849. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 445 92849 (b) 682 459 2849 (c) 682 452 849 (d) 682 495 2849
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Mum All Jump (c) Fly Jump Mum All (d) Jump Fly Mum All
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Eight Silly Wise (c) Eight Silly Wise Neat (d) Wise Silly Eight Neat
9. 9.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym word
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 7251127663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 722 511 27663 (b) 275 112 7663 (c) 725 112 7663 (d) 251 127 663
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 8215900480. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 509 0480 (b) 821 590 480 (c) 821 590 0480 (d) 821 590 04880
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, jug, onion? (a) Only Jolly Runs (b) Runs Jolly Only (c) Jolly Only Runs (d) Jolly Runs Only
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 313292369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 293 69 (b) 313 922 369 (c) 313 292 369 (d) 331 329 2369
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jolly (b) All My Fly Jolly (c) Fly Jolly My All (d) Jolly Fly My All
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Eat (b) Aunty Play Love Eat (c) Love Eat Play Aunty (d) Eat Love Play Aunty
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, fan, coconut, vase, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVCFM (b) MFCVU (c) FMCVU (d) FCVUM
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 393934165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 393 394 165 (b) 393 941 65 (c) 393 934 165 (d) 393 393 4165
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, flute, drum? (a) Dad Funny Play (b) Funny Dad Play (c) Funny Play Dad (d) Play Funny Dad
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, banana, tiger? (a) Bakes Aunty Tea (b) Tea Bakes Aunty (c) Aunty Bakes Tea (d) Bakes Tea Aunty
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, sock, needle? (a) Neat Seven Lions (b) Seven Neat Lions (c) Lions Seven Neat (d) Seven Lions Neat
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1145455705. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 454 55705 (b) 114 545 705 (c) 114 545 5705 (d) 114 545 7505
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 882424132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 424 12 (b) 882 424 132 (c) 882 424 312 (d) 888 242 4132
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, spoon, goat, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOGV (b) OSGV (c) SGVO (d) VGSO
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 8340301150. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 834 403 01150 (b) 834 030 110 (c) 834 030 1150 (d) 384 030 1150
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, duck, cat, umpire, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCUAP (b) DPCUA (c) PDCUA (d) AUCDP
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 294498706234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2944 9870 06234 (b) 2944 9780 6234 (c) 2944 9706 234 (d) 2944 9870 6234
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 334669400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 334 694 00 (b) 333 466 9400 (c) 343 669 400 (d) 334 669 400
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Silly (d) Goats Wise Silly
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Neat (b) Neat Eat Silly Wet (c) Eat Neat Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Eat Neat
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ant, monkey, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAMF (b) AGMF (c) FMAG (d) AMFG

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