Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 424 · 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 the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump My All (b) All My Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly My All (d) Fly My All Jump
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 979238731761. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9792 3873 1761 (b) 7992 3873 1761 (c) 9723 8731 761 (d) 9979 2387 31761
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, guava, bucket? (a) Big Grab Seven (b) Grab Big Seven (c) Grab Seven Big (d) Seven Grab Big
8. 8.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, nest, kite, spoon, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNKSI (b) NFKSI (c) NKSIF (d) ISKNF
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 948461628395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9846 1628 395 (b) 9484 6162 28395 (c) 9484 6162 8395 (d) 9484 6612 8395
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wins Nine (b) Nine Eight Silly Wins (c) Eight Nine Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eight Nine
15. 15.🧰 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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, whistle, mango, ant, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAMWT (b) WMAFT (c) TWMAF (d) WTMAF
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (c) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Jump Mum Aunty
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, nest, umpire, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUNT (b) NTUO (c) TNUO (d) NUOT
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tomato, lamp, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILTF (b) TFLI (c) TLIF (d) FTLI
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pigs All (b) All Pigs Lions Eat (c) Lions Eat Pigs All (d) Lions Pigs All Eat
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Seven Wet (b) Every Seven Wet Neat (c) Wet Seven Every Neat (d) Every Neat Seven Wet
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lazy Pink All (b) Lazy Pink All Every (c) All Pink Lazy Every (d) Lazy Every Pink All
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, candle, whistle, net, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACWNB (b) CWNBA (c) BNWCA (d) CAWNB
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5785465792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 758 546 5792 (b) 578 546 5792 (c) 585 465 792 (d) 578 546 55792
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Sing Wet Goats
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, apple, nest? (a) Ants Nani Uncle (b) Nani Ants Uncle (c) Ants Uncle Nani (d) Uncle Ants Nani
39. 39.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, doll, candle? (a) Cook Dad Green (b) Dad Cook Green (c) Dad Green Cook (d) Green Dad Cook

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