Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 509 · 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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, apple, coconut, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABCI (b) ICAB (c) ACIB (d) BACI
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
4. 4.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Sing (b) Sing Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Wise Sing Goats
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 379319114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 393 191 14 (b) 379 391 114 (c) 379 319 114 (d) 379 319 1114
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, key, inkpot, drum, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDIKJ (b) KJIDR (c) JKIDR (d) KIDRJ
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, orange, wallet, mango, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIWMA (b) AMWOI (c) OWMAI (d) IOWMA
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 6372615844. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 615 844 (b) 637 216 5844 (c) 637 261 5844 (d) 633 726 15844
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 758348747075. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7583 8747 075 (b) 7583 4874 70775 (c) 7853 4874 7075 (d) 7583 4874 7075
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pigs Cats (b) Every Cats Cats Pigs (c) Cats Every Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cats Every
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 801884750812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8018 4750 812 (b) 8018 8475 0812 (c) 8018 8475 8012 (d) 8018 8447 50812
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, watch, ball, drum, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVBDT (b) WBDTV (c) VWBDT (d) TDBWV
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Funny Jump (b) Funny Mice Ants Jump (c) Funny Jump Mice Ants (d) Jump Funny Mice Ants
32. 32.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 2802443722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 202 443 722 (b) 280 244 33722 (c) 280 244 3722 (d) 208 244 3722
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, onion, drum? (a) Owls Big Dad (b) Dad Owls Big (c) Owls Dad Big (d) Big Owls Dad
36. 36.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 552211665. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 555 221 1665 (b) 552 211 665 (c) 552 116 65 (d) 525 211 665
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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