Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 42 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 4154592557. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 154 592 557 (b) 414 559 2557 (c) 415 459 2557 (d) 411 545 92557
7. 7.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, drum, net? (a) Under Dad Nani (b) Dad Under Nani (c) Dad Nani Under (d) Nani Dad Under
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Every Nani (c) Every Seven Wet Nani (d) Nani Every Seven Wet
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Funny Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty (d) Funny Mice Aunty Jeeps
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 108402261062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1084 0226 0162 (b) 1084 0261 062 (c) 1084 0226 1062 (d) 1108 4022 61062
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, anchor, drum, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CADI (b) ADIC (c) ACDI (d) IDAC
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
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.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, igloo, flute? (a) Inside Funny My (b) Funny Inside My (c) My Inside Funny (d) Inside My Funny
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, inkpot, lamp, jeep, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILJAC (b) ICLJA (c) AJLIC (d) CILJA
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, ball, owl? (a) Bunny Funny Owls (b) Funny Bunny Owls (c) Bunny Owls Funny (d) Owls Bunny Funny
28. 28.🧰 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
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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pink Cook (c) Eat Crazy Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eat
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 271251060987. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2712 5106 097 (b) 2712 5106 0987 (c) 2712 5106 60987 (d) 2712 1506 0987
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Funny Jolly (b) Funny Mum All Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mum All (d) Jolly Funny Mum All
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, umbrella, coconut? (a) Up Kites Crazy (b) Crazy Up Kites (c) Up Crazy Kites (d) Kites Up Crazy
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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