Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 515 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, goat, key? (a) Grab Kids Cats (b) Grab Cats Kids (c) Kids Grab Cats (d) Cats Grab Kids
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eight Nani (b) Eight Silly Wins Nani (c) Eight Nani Silly Wins (d) Nani Eight Silly Wins
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 711636181. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 361 81 (b) 711 636 181 (c) 711 163 6181 (d) 711 366 181
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 365858841189. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3658 5884 1189 (b) 3658 5848 1189 (c) 3658 5884 11189 (d) 3658 5884 189
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 395868031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 958 680 31 (b) 395 868 031 (c) 935 868 031 (d) 395 868 0031
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eat (b) Love Eat Pink Aunty (c) Eat Love Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Love Eat
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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.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
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 260120841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 260 120 41 (b) 620 120 841 (c) 260 012 0841 (d) 260 120 841
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 612859290310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6285 9290 310 (b) 6128 5929 0310 (c) 6128 5929 03310 (d) 6128 5920 9310
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6449223360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 649 422 3360 (b) 644 922 33360 (c) 644 922 3360 (d) 644 922 330
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 759911193620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7599 1193 620 (b) 7599 1119 3620 (c) 7599 1111 93620 (d) 5799 1119 3620
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ball, tomato, radio, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVTRC (b) BTRCV (c) CRTBV (d) VBTRC
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, ladder, whistle? (a) Love Only Wins (b) Only Love Wins (c) Wins Love Only (d) Love Wins Only

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