Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 380 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, rose, ice cream? (a) Ink Runs Aunty (b) Runs Aunty Ink (c) Aunty Runs Ink (d) Runs Ink Aunty
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, goat, candle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCGA (b) AGCD (c) GCDA (d) GACD
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, parrot, cat, umbrella, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTCUB (b) PCUBT (c) BUCPT (d) TPCUB
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1704288039. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 042 88039 (b) 170 428 809 (c) 107 428 8039 (d) 170 428 8039
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 4618867822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 416 886 7822 (b) 461 887 822 (c) 446 188 67822 (d) 461 886 7822
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 724296667023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7242 9666 723 (b) 7242 9666 7023 (c) 7242 9666 77023 (d) 7422 9666 7023
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 727538121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 727 533 8121 (b) 277 538 121 (c) 727 538 11 (d) 727 538 121
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 503275412675. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5032 7542 1675 (b) 5032 7541 2675 (c) 5032 7541 267 (d) 5032 7541 12675
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, kite, whistle? (a) Tea Kites Wet (b) Kites Wet Tea (c) Kites Tea Wet (d) Wet Kites Tea
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 783943929869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7894 3929 869 (b) 7834 9392 9869 (c) 7839 4339 29869 (d) 7839 4392 9869
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 7038408005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 703 408 005 (b) 703 840 80055 (c) 073 840 8005 (d) 703 840 8005
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, coconut, bucket? (a) Bakes Cats Dogs (b) Dogs Cats Bakes (c) Cats Dogs Bakes (d) Cats Bakes Dogs
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, onion, banana? (a) Old Bakes Silly (b) Bakes Old Silly (c) Old Silly Bakes (d) Silly Old Bakes
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 3055077073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 305 507 70073 (b) 305 507 773 (c) 305 507 7703 (d) 305 507 7073
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, doll, kite? (a) Dad Only Kids (b) Only Dad Kids (c) Dad Kids Only (d) Kids Dad Only
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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