Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 339 · 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.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Nine (b) Nine Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Nine Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eat Nine
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, vase, tiger? (a) Very Tiny Green (b) Tiny Very Green (c) Very Green Tiny (d) Green Very Tiny
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, radio, whistle? (a) Pigs Rani Wet (b) Rani Pigs Wet (c) Rani Wet Pigs (d) Wet Rani Pigs
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 590738237047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5907 3823 7047 (b) 5907 3827 047 (c) 5907 3823 77047 (d) 5907 3283 7047
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Sing Rani (b) Rani Sing Lions Funny (c) Sing Rani Lions Funny (d) Sing Lions Funny Rani
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, ladder, monkey? (a) Mice Lions Sing (b) Lions Mice Sing (c) Lions Sing Mice (d) Sing Lions Mice
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2700076433. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 000 76433 (b) 720 007 6433 (c) 270 076 433 (d) 270 007 6433
19. 19.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lions Funny (b) Sing Runs Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Sing Runs (d) Sing Lions Funny Runs
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 2696632423. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 963 2423 (b) 269 663 243 (c) 269 663 2423 (d) 269 663 24233
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 350700175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 701 75 (b) 350 700 175 (c) 357 000 175 (d) 350 070 0175
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, parrot, frog? (a) Pigs Jolly Fly (b) Pigs Fly Jolly (c) Fly Pigs Jolly (d) Jolly Pigs Fly
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Goats Wet Seven
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, wallet, owl, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWOA (b) AOWP (c) WPOA (d) WOAP
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 798114800834. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7981 1480 00834 (b) 7918 1480 0834 (c) 7981 1480 0834 (d) 7981 1480 083

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