Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 266 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wins (b) Wins Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wins Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wins
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Cats Every Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cats Every (d) Every Cats Pink Crazy
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, rose, guava, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARGP (b) PGRA (c) RAGP (d) RGPA
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 947937286. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 972 86 (b) 947 937 7286 (c) 949 737 286 (d) 947 937 286
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 399718546. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 718 546 (b) 399 715 846 (c) 399 718 46 (d) 399 971 8546
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 556377134. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 556 737 134 (b) 555 637 7134 (c) 563 771 34 (d) 556 377 134
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Green Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 1690019726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 169 001 97226 (b) 619 001 9726 (c) 190 019 726 (d) 169 001 9726
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Seven (b) Wins Green Seven (c) Wins Seven Green (d) Seven Wins Green
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 780080597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 080 597 (b) 780 080 57 (c) 780 088 0597 (d) 780 080 597
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, tiger, rope, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDTRV (b) KTRVD (c) VRTKD (d) DKTRV
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 500748082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 748 0082 (b) 500 780 82 (c) 500 478 082 (d) 500 748 082
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Silly Wet (b) Eat Silly Wet Nani (c) Wet Silly Eat Nani (d) Eat Nani Silly Wet
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Ants Jolly (b) Jolly Funny My Ants (c) Funny Jolly My Ants (d) Ants My Funny Jolly
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Love Eat (b) Eat Love Pigs Ants (c) Love Eat Pigs Ants (d) Love Pigs Ants Eat
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 930201275024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9020 1275 024 (b) 9302 0127 5024 (c) 9302 1027 5024 (d) 9302 0127 50224
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 123929615128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1239 2961 5128 (b) 1239 2916 5128 (c) 1239 2961 51288 (d) 1239 2965 128
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 3021106135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 110 6315 (b) 302 110 6135 (c) 302 110 61355 (d) 302 106 135
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 451870172817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4518 7017 2817 (b) 4511 8701 72817 (c) 4517 0172 817 (d) 5418 7017 2817
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5861978723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 581 978 723 (b) 586 198 7723 (c) 558 619 78723 (d) 586 197 8723

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