Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 318 · 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: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 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 rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, duck, wallet, tiger, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDWTL (b) DFWTL (c) LTWDF (d) DWTLF
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Green (b) Green Wet Seven (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Wet Seven Green
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Grab (b) Silly Wins Grab (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Grab Wins Silly
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Eat Nine (c) Eat Nine Silly Wins (d) Eat Silly Wins Nine
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 793645607681. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7936 4560 7681 (b) 7936 5460 7681 (c) 7936 4560 07681 (d) 7364 5607 681
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, glass, jeep, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGJB (b) GAJB (c) GJBA (d) BJGA
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, apple, jalebi? (a) Aunty Jolly Rani (b) Aunty Rani Jolly (c) Rani Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Aunty Rani
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lazy Every (c) Every Lazy Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Every
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 714120827949. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7411 2082 7949 (b) 1412 0827 949 (c) 7141 2082 79949 (d) 7141 2082 7949
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, sock, mango? (a) Sing My Inside (b) Sing Inside My (c) My Sing Inside (d) Inside Sing My
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 960894404760. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9608 8944 04760 (b) 9608 9404 4760 (c) 9608 9440 476 (d) 9608 9440 4760
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3999483956. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 483 956 (b) 399 944 83956 (c) 399 948 3956 (d) 939 948 3956
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Seven Runs (b) Runs Seven Love Frogs (c) Seven Love Frogs Runs (d) Seven Runs Love Frogs
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 2257086868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 508 6868 (b) 227 086 868 (c) 225 708 6868 (d) 222 570 86868
31. 31.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — 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) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 368171570. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 368 171 570 (b) 368 817 1570 (c) 368 117 570 (d) 381 715 70
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, pencil, doll, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDWS (b) SPDW (c) WDPS (d) PSDW
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pink Cook (b) Eight Cats Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cats Eight (d) Cats Pink Cook Eight
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5846676677. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 676 677 (b) 584 667 66777 (c) 584 667 6677 (d) 548 667 6677
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC

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