Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 462 · 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: fan, whistle, nest, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNDF (b) DNWF (c) FWND (d) WFND
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Wise Grab Seven
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, net, apple, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NAIC (b) NCAI (c) IANC (d) CNAI
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, onion, bucket, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONBJ (b) JBON (c) OBJN (d) NOBJ
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, shoe, urn, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUSR (b) RSUF (c) SRUF (d) SUFR
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Sing (b) Wins Grab Sing (c) Wins Sing Grab (d) Sing Wins Grab
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lions Fly (b) Silly Rani Lions Fly (c) Silly Lions Fly Rani (d) Fly Lions Silly Rani
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tiger, goat, key, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKGTO (b) OTGKD (c) TGKDO (d) TOGKD
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, umpire, kite? (a) Rani Uncle Kind (b) Uncle Kind Rani (c) Uncle Rani Kind (d) Kind Uncle Rani
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6773103252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 677 310 3252 (b) 677 311 03252 (c) 677 310 352 (d) 677 310 3522
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 998262326. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 998 223 26 (b) 998 826 2326 (c) 998 226 326 (d) 998 262 326
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 503059864. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 305 9864 (b) 503 059 864 (c) 500 359 864 (d) 503 059 64
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, goat, key, bucket, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKBUC (b) CGKBU (c) GCKBU (d) UBKGC
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5444710126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 544 471 0162 (b) 544 471 0126 (c) 544 710 126 (d) 554 447 10126
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
36. 36.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Every (c) Cook Play Cats Every (d) Every Cats Play Cook
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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