Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 486 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 547717138294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5471 7713 8294 (b) 5471 7138 294 (c) 5477 1713 8294 (d) 5477 1171 38294
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
4. 4.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Pigs Cook Every (c) Every Cook Pigs Cats (d) Cook Every Pigs Cats
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, owl, whistle? (a) Only Wise Uncle (b) Wise Only Uncle (c) Uncle Only Wise (d) Only Uncle Wise
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Fly Jeeps (b) Fly My Ants Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My Ants (d) Fly Jeeps My Ants
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, radio, tomato? (a) Runs Neat Tea (b) Runs Tea Neat (c) Tea Runs Neat (d) Neat Runs Tea
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, doll, ice cream, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDIG (b) DIGL (c) GIDL (d) DLIG
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, inkpot, umbrella? (a) Ice Under Kids (b) Under Ice Kids (c) Ice Kids Under (d) Kids Ice Under
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 342819300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 342 819 3000 (b) 324 819 300 (c) 342 193 00 (d) 342 819 300
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 196288986. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 196 288 986 (b) 196 289 886 (c) 196 628 8986 (d) 196 288 98
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, radio, pillow? (a) Crazy Rani Pigs (b) Rani Crazy Pigs (c) Rani Pigs Crazy (d) Pigs Rani Crazy
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, lamp, violin? (a) Very Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Very (c) Lions Very Frogs (d) Lions Frogs Very
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, wallet, jalebi, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFJT (b) WJTF (c) FWJT (d) TJWF
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 473973701888. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4739 7371 888 (b) 4739 7371 0888 (c) 4739 7370 18888 (d) 4739 7370 1888
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pink Aunty (b) Every Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Lazy Every (d) Lazy Pink Aunty Every
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 607354924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 735 4924 (b) 607 354 92 (c) 607 359 424 (d) 607 354 924
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Seven
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 205754071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 754 071 (b) 250 754 071 (c) 207 540 71 (d) 205 775 4071
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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