Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 427 · 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: rope, urn, kite? (a) Up Kind Red (b) Up Red Kind (c) Red Up Kind (d) Kind Up Red
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, drum, key, flute, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKFNO (b) NFKDO (c) DOKFN (d) ODKFN
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
6. 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 732061945184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7320 6194 55184 (b) 7306 1945 184 (c) 7326 0194 5184 (d) 7320 6194 5184
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, vase, ball, mango, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBMJW (b) JMBVW (c) VWBMJ (d) WVBMJ
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 621663191811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6216 6319 111 (b) 6216 6319 1811 (c) 6216 6331 91811 (d) 6126 6319 1811
18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, guava, pencil? (a) Pink Grab Runs (b) Runs Grab Pink (c) Grab Runs Pink (d) Grab Pink Runs
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wise (d) Every Sing Wise Nani
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 120050181892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1200 5018 8192 (b) 1200 5018 1892 (c) 1200 0181 892 (d) 1200 0501 81892
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, net, bucket? (a) Nani Seven Big (b) Big Nani Seven (c) Nani Big Seven (d) Seven Nani Big
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, pillow, drum, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDKW (b) PWDK (c) KDPW (d) WPDK
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 723179399257. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7231 7939 9257 (b) 7231 7999 257 (c) 7233 1793 99257 (d) 7231 9739 9257
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, sock, mango, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCMG (b) SMGC (c) GMSC (d) CSMG
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, net, pillow? (a) Nine Pigs Only (b) Nine Only Pigs (c) Only Nine Pigs (d) Pigs Nine Only
35. 35.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, coconut, umbrella? (a) All Cats Uncle (b) Cats Uncle All (c) Cats All Uncle (d) Uncle Cats All
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Eat (b) Eat Love Pink Ants (c) Love Eat Pink Ants (d) Love Pink Ants Eat
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 4163762753. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 416 762 753 (b) 416 376 2753 (c) 413 676 2753 (d) 441 637 62753
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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