Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 367 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, doll, glass? (a) Dance Goats Inside (b) Dance Inside Goats (c) Goats Dance Inside (d) Inside Dance Goats
3. 3.🔤 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eight
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, vase, tomato? (a) Vans Tea Funny (b) Tea Vans Funny (c) Funny Vans Tea (d) Vans Funny Tea
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8232700599. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 327 00599 (b) 823 720 0599 (c) 823 270 059 (d) 823 270 0599
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4921922144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 922 144 (b) 429 192 2144 (c) 492 192 2144 (d) 492 192 22144
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eat
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 126763013105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1267 7630 13105 (b) 1267 6301 3105 (c) 1267 3601 3105 (d) 1267 3013 105
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, banana, apple? (a) Big Sing Aunty (b) Big Aunty Sing (c) Sing Big Aunty (d) Aunty Big Sing
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 250247809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 247 09 (b) 252 047 809 (c) 250 247 8009 (d) 250 247 809
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2152779045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 277 9405 (b) 215 279 045 (c) 215 227 79045 (d) 215 277 9045
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 859810628597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8589 1062 8597 (b) 5981 0628 597 (c) 8598 1062 8597 (d) 8559 8106 28597
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3024375234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 437 5234 (b) 324 375 234 (c) 302 437 52334 (d) 302 435 7234
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 822293855. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 938 55 (b) 822 299 3855 (c) 822 293 855 (d) 822 923 855
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My All (b) Jump Funny My All (c) All My Funny Jump (d) Funny My All Jump
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 546188680. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 618 8680 (b) 546 818 680 (c) 546 186 80 (d) 546 188 680
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, duck, radio, flute, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRFJC (b) JFRDC (c) DCRFJ (d) CDRFJ
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Love Eat (c) Eat Love Pigs Ants (d) Love Pigs Ants Eat
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2118989396. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 989 396 (b) 211 898 9936 (c) 211 898 9396 (d) 211 898 93396
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, shoe, anchor, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSAF (b) SGAF (c) SAFG (d) FASG
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My Aunty (b) Aunty My Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs My Aunty Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly My Aunty
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, cat, glass? (a) Cats Pink Grab (b) Pink Cats Grab (c) Grab Cats Pink (d) Cats Grab Pink
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, frog, nest? (a) Neat Fly Seven (b) Fly Seven Neat (c) Fly Neat Seven (d) Seven Fly Neat
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 112609337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 609 337 (b) 121 609 337 (c) 112 609 9337 (d) 112 609 37
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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