Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 32 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mango, owl, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOMK (b) MOUK (c) KMOU (d) MKOU
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Love Funny (b) Funny Love Seven Red (c) Seven Red Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Red
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 3754019844. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 375 401 9844 (b) 375 409 1844 (c) 375 401 19844 (d) 375 409 844
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2781508560. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 508 560 (b) 278 150 8650 (c) 278 150 88560 (d) 278 150 8560
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (b) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (c) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Runs
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, goat, drum? (a) Grab Dogs Crazy (b) Crazy Grab Dogs (c) Grab Crazy Dogs (d) Dogs Grab Crazy
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4082235291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 408 232 5291 (b) 440 822 35291 (c) 482 235 291 (d) 408 223 5291
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 802000608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 000 08 (b) 802 000 680 (c) 802 200 0608 (d) 802 000 608
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 621310019944. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6213 1001 9494 (b) 6213 1001 9944 (c) 6231 0019 944 (d) 6213 3100 19944
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, apple, wallet? (a) All Tea Wet (b) Wet All Tea (c) Tea All Wet (d) All Wet Tea
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, glass, ice cream? (a) Crazy Goats Ice (b) Ice Goats Crazy (c) Goats Crazy Ice (d) Goats Ice Crazy
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, igloo, coconut? (a) Inside Crazy Love (b) Inside Love Crazy (c) Love Inside Crazy (d) Crazy Inside Love
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2744115364. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 441 15364 (b) 274 411 5364 (c) 274 411 534 (d) 247 411 5364
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Sing Wise Grab (c) Wise Grab Sing (d) Grab Wise Sing
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 990272802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 990 272 802 (b) 990 272 2802 (c) 990 228 02 (d) 990 272 082
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 508268753. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 508 266 8753 (b) 508 268 753 (c) 508 687 53 (d) 058 268 753
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 321087762576. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3210 7762 576 (b) 3210 8776 2576 (c) 3210 8772 6576 (d) 3210 8776 25576
39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
40. 40.🧰 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

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