Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 258 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 190346201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 346 201 (b) 190 346 01 (c) 190 346 210 (d) 190 346 2001
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, duck, candle, lemon, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLCDA (b) DACLT (c) DCLTA (d) ADCLT
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Wise Grab Sing (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Grab Wise Sing
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, lemon, urn? (a) Love Uncle Dance (b) Love Dance Uncle (c) Uncle Love Dance (d) Dance Love Uncle
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 221583840888. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2258 3840 888 (b) 2215 8384 0888 (c) 2215 8338 40888 (d) 2218 5384 0888
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Funny Jolly (c) Funny Mice Aunty Jolly (d) Funny Jolly Mice Aunty
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Wise Grab Silly (c) Silly Wise Grab (d) Wise Silly Grab
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Pigs Aunty (b) Love Pigs Aunty Eat (c) Love Eat Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Love Eat
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, whistle, pencil? (a) Pink Wise Big (b) Wise Big Pink (c) Big Wise Pink (d) Wise Pink Big
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, coconut, ice cream, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCIM (b) CIMT (c) MICT (d) CTIM
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, rose, watch, fan, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFWRC (b) CRWFN (c) RCWFN (d) RWFNC
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, goat, anchor? (a) Grab Aunty Runs (b) Grab Runs Aunty (c) Runs Grab Aunty (d) Aunty Grab Runs
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Crazy Play (d) Eat Crazy Play Crazy
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 130268726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 268 72 (b) 130 628 726 (c) 130 268 726 (d) 130 026 8726
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 6289742007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 628 972 4007 (b) 628 974 20007 (c) 628 974 007 (d) 628 974 2007

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