Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 363 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, cat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSCF (b) FCSN (c) SCFN (d) SNCF
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, rose, parrot? (a) Rani Pink Aunty (b) Pink Rani Aunty (c) Aunty Rani Pink (d) Rani Aunty Pink
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My Ants (b) Frogs My Ants Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly My Ants (d) Ants My Frogs Jolly
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, igloo, frog, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICFD (b) DFIC (c) IFDC (d) CIFD
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, coconut, doll? (a) Dance Crazy Nani (b) Nani Crazy Dance (c) Crazy Nani Dance (d) Crazy Dance Nani
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 638762658. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 638 762 68 (b) 638 762 2658 (c) 638 762 658 (d) 637 862 658
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 248947204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 248 947 24 (b) 284 947 204 (c) 248 947 204 (d) 248 994 7204
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, drum, fan? (a) Dance Aunty Funny (b) Aunty Dance Funny (c) Funny Dance Aunty (d) Dance Funny Aunty
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 208483818. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 483 818 (b) 208 438 818 (c) 208 483 3818 (d) 084 838 18
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, drum, key, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKDC (b) DKLC (c) DCKL (d) CDKL
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 920888930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 889 30 (b) 920 888 930 (c) 920 088 8930 (d) 928 088 930
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, shoe, violin, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSVJ (b) JVSO (c) SVJO (d) SOVJ
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Sing (b) Wise Green Sing (c) Wise Sing Green (d) Sing Wise Green
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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