Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 182 · 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) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 366366136. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 366 316 (b) 366 366 6136 (c) 366 366 136 (d) 363 661 36
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 747367417604. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7473 6741 76044 (b) 7473 6741 604 (c) 7473 6741 6704 (d) 7473 6741 7604
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Play Crazy (b) Cats Eat Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Cats Play Crazy Eat
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4343101603. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 310 1603 (b) 434 310 1603 (c) 434 310 16033 (d) 434 310 103
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 386716260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 386 716 20 (b) 386 761 260 (c) 386 716 260 (d) 386 716 2260
17. 17.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, fan, banana? (a) Wet Fly Bakes (b) Fly Wet Bakes (c) Bakes Fly Wet (d) Fly Bakes Wet
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, candle, urn, apple, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVUAK (b) VCUAK (c) KAUCV (d) CUAKV
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Eat (b) Lions Eat Play Aunty (c) Eat Lions Play Aunty (d) Lions Play Aunty Eat
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Wise Seven Goats (d) Goats Wise Seven
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, cat, anchor? (a) Cats Dance All (b) All Cats Dance (c) Cats All Dance (d) Dance Cats All
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, duck, frog? (a) Dad All Frogs (b) Frogs Dad All (c) All Dad Frogs (d) Dad Frogs All
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ball, kettle? (a) Fly Bunny Kids (b) Kids Bunny Fly (c) Bunny Fly Kids (d) Bunny Kids Fly
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
35. 35.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, violin, mango, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMRO (b) OVMR (c) VOMR (d) RMVO
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 968454071522. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9684 5471 522 (b) 9668 4540 71522 (c) 9684 5047 1522 (d) 9684 5407 1522
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔤 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

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