Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 419 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, guava, van, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCVN (b) GVNC (c) NVGC (d) CGVN
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, tomato, flute? (a) Tea Funny Pigs (b) Tea Pigs Funny (c) Funny Tea Pigs (d) Pigs Tea Funny
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wins Nani (b) Wins Seven Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Seven Wins (d) Nani Eight Seven Wins
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 584581951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 581 951 (b) 584 558 1951 (c) 584 518 951 (d) 584 581 91
6. 6.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 6408026594. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 640 802 594 (b) 604 802 6594 (c) 640 802 6594 (d) 644 080 26594
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 329412462926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3294 1246 2926 (b) 3294 1246 926 (c) 3294 1246 9226 (d) 3294 1124 62926
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, mirror, pencil? (a) Mum Play Kids (b) Kids Mum Play (c) Play Mum Kids (d) Mum Kids Play
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Eight Neat (b) Neat Eight Sing Wins (c) Eight Sing Wins Neat (d) Eight Neat Sing Wins
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nine (c) Wins Silly Every Nine (d) Nine Every Silly Wins
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, umpire, mirror, anchor, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAMUF (b) UFMAL (c) UMALF (d) FUMAL
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Every (b) Every Cook Pigs Cats (c) Cook Every Pigs Cats (d) Cook Pigs Cats Every
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (b) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (c) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (d) Red Seven Lazy Frogs
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, frog, sock, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FASL (b) AFSL (c) LSFA (d) FSLA
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, rose, nest, umbrella, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUNRL (b) RLNUG (c) RNUGL (d) LRNUG
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 405482043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 405 448 2043 (b) 450 482 043 (c) 405 482 43 (d) 405 482 043
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 201343789. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 343 789 (b) 201 343 789 (c) 201 337 89 (d) 201 343 7899
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, watch, shoe? (a) Wise Seven Aunty (b) Seven Wise Aunty (c) Aunty Wise Seven (d) Wise Aunty Seven
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 122695327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 126 953 27 (b) 122 695 372 (c) 122 695 5327 (d) 122 695 327
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 954714155. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 954 714 1555 (b) 947 141 55 (c) 954 714 155 (d) 594 714 155
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 466693930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 693 9300 (b) 466 939 30 (c) 466 693 930 (d) 466 693 390
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, pencil, rope, shoe, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USRPB (b) PBRSU (c) PRSUB (d) BPRSU
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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