Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 414 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, jug, inkpot? (a) Ink Jolly Green (b) Jolly Green Ink (c) Green Jolly Ink (d) Jolly Ink Green
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Love Eat (b) Love Eat Pink All (c) Love Pink All Eat (d) Eat Love Pink All
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wet Neat (b) Wet Silly Eight Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wet (d) Eight Neat Silly Wet
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, pencil, doll, nest, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNDPG (b) GPDNL (c) PDNLG (d) PGDNL
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
15. 15.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 878916868131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8789 1686 88131 (b) 8789 1866 8131 (c) 8789 1686 8131 (d) 8791 6868 131
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 7785518128. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 778 551 8128 (b) 778 551 1828 (c) 778 551 812 (d) 777 855 18128
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 823225416230. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8232 2544 16230 (b) 8232 2541 230 (c) 8232 2541 2630 (d) 8232 2541 6230
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 8963370030. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 896 337 0030 (b) 896 633 70030 (c) 896 337 030 (d) 896 337 0300
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 4486755663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 448 867 55663 (b) 446 755 663 (c) 448 675 5663 (d) 448 657 5663
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, violin, orange? (a) Very Owls Big (b) Owls Very Big (c) Big Very Owls (d) Very Big Owls
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, igloo, kite, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKIW (b) WIKN (c) IWKN (d) IKNW
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 956943229685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9569 4322 9685 (b) 9569 4322 9658 (c) 9569 4329 685 (d) 9569 4332 29685
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, jalebi, fan? (a) Funny Jeeps Tiny (b) Jeeps Funny Tiny (c) Tiny Jeeps Funny (d) Jeeps Tiny Funny
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Funny Jeeps
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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