Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 501 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, banana, mango, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMBT (b) BMVT (c) BTMV (d) TBMV
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 4610123986. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 012 23986 (b) 461 012 398 (c) 641 012 3986 (d) 461 012 3986
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wet (b) Eat Seven Wet Nani (c) Wet Seven Eat Nani (d) Nani Eat Seven Wet
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, radio, mirror, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMRT (b) RTMP (c) TRMP (d) RMPT
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 7113467843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 364 7843 (b) 713 467 843 (c) 711 346 78443 (d) 711 346 7843
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 461417086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 614 170 86 (b) 446 141 7086 (c) 461 417 086 (d) 464 117 086
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 591850113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 591 850 131 (b) 598 501 13 (c) 591 850 113 (d) 599 185 0113
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, orange, whistle, ice cream, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIWOC (b) OWIAC (c) OCWIA (d) COWIA
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 832928788352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8332 9287 88352 (b) 3829 2878 8352 (c) 8329 2888 352 (d) 8329 2878 8352
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 121208604. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 208 8604 (b) 121 208 604 (c) 112 208 604 (d) 121 208 64
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (b) Rani Sing Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Rani (d) Sing Lions Frogs Rani
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, cat, van, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCVU (b) UVCD (c) CVUD (d) CDVU
24. 24.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2948031486. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 294 803 11486 (b) 294 801 3486 (c) 294 031 486 (d) 294 803 1486
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 178152184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 178 152 184 (b) 178 152 2184 (c) 178 121 84 (d) 178 151 284
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, apple, nest, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WANC (b) AWNC (c) ANCW (d) CNAW
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, duck, violin? (a) Dance Old Very (b) Very Dance Old (c) Dance Very Old (d) Old Dance Very
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 4102327811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 410 232 7811 (b) 412 032 7811 (c) 410 232 78111 (d) 402 327 811
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, owl, glass? (a) Jeeps Only Goats (b) Only Goats Jeeps (c) Only Jeeps Goats (d) Goats Only Jeeps
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 306869403211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3068 6940 3121 (b) 3068 6403 211 (c) 3006 8694 03211 (d) 3068 6940 3211
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Cats (b) Cook Eat Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cook Eat (d) Cook Pink Cats Eat
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, flute, pencil? (a) Owls Fly Pigs (b) Fly Owls Pigs (c) Fly Pigs Owls (d) Pigs Fly Owls
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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