Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 454 · 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: lemon, duck, cat? (a) Dance Lazy Cook (b) Cook Dance Lazy (c) Dance Cook Lazy (d) Lazy Dance Cook
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, pencil, tent? (a) Tiny Pink Fly (b) Fly Pink Tiny (c) Pink Tiny Fly (d) Pink Fly Tiny
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 8711421082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 871 142 1082 (b) 871 114 21082 (c) 871 421 082 (d) 871 142 1028
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 570805076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 570 080 5076 (b) 570 805 076 (c) 570 085 076 (d) 570 805 76
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Eat Nine (b) Nine Eat Sing Wet (c) Eat Sing Wet Nine (d) Eat Nine Sing Wet
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tomato, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CATL (b) TACL (c) TLAC (d) LTAC
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 840073075. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 077 3075 (b) 840 073 07 (c) 840 073 057 (d) 840 073 075
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, needle, candle? (a) Crazy Neat Wins (b) Neat Crazy Wins (c) Neat Wins Crazy (d) Wins Neat Crazy
16. 16.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, candle, kite, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCKT (b) TKCD (c) CDKT (d) CKTD
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, wallet, rope? (a) Play Wise Rani (b) Rani Wise Play (c) Wise Rani Play (d) Wise Play Rani
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 7611019541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 671 101 9541 (b) 611 019 541 (c) 761 101 9541 (d) 761 101 95541
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8801156488. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 880 115 6488 (b) 880 115 64888 (c) 801 156 488 (d) 880 151 6488
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 6056019645. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 605 560 19645 (b) 605 019 645 (c) 605 610 9645 (d) 605 601 9645
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 7742120709. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 747 212 0709 (b) 774 212 0709 (c) 774 212 709 (d) 774 212 07009
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cats (c) Crazy Play Cats Every (d) Every Crazy Play Cats
36. 36.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (b) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Sing Rani
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ball, onion? (a) Bakes Funny Old (b) Old Bakes Funny (c) Bakes Old Funny (d) Funny Bakes Old
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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