Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 520 · 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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, kite, banana? (a) Nine Kids Bunny (b) Bunny Kids Nine (c) Kids Bunny Nine (d) Kids Nine Bunny
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 141598456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 141 598 456 (b) 141 559 8456 (c) 141 598 46 (d) 141 958 456
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, key, glass? (a) Kites Green Dad (b) Green Kites Dad (c) Dad Kites Green (d) Kites Dad Green
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, nest, ball? (a) Bakes Nine Ice (b) Nine Ice Bakes (c) Nine Bakes Ice (d) Ice Nine Bakes
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Lions Eight (b) Lions Play All Eight (c) Lions Eight Play All (d) Eight Lions Play All
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mum Ants (b) Frogs Mum Ants Jump (c) Ants Mum Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Jump Mum Ants
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 991750920922. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9917 5092 022 (b) 9917 5099 20922 (c) 9917 0592 0922 (d) 9917 5092 0922
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 612733854778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6127 3835 4778 (b) 6127 3385 47778 (c) 6127 3385 4778 (d) 6127 3385 778
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1179607332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 117 960 7332 (b) 117 960 7323 (c) 111 796 07332 (d) 119 607 332
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 653318633556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6331 8633 556 (b) 6533 1863 35566 (c) 6533 8163 3556 (d) 6533 1863 3556
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (c) Every Cats Pigs Crazy (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Every
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 465992971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 465 992 71 (b) 465 992 971 (c) 465 992 9711 (d) 465 929 971
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, rose, jug? (a) Rani Jolly Love (b) Rani Love Jolly (c) Love Rani Jolly (d) Jolly Rani Love
33. 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Green (b) Green Wet Silly (c) Wet Green Silly (d) Silly Wet Green
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 991490788229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9991 4907 88229 (b) 9914 9078 8229 (c) 9149 0788 229 (d) 9919 4078 8229
36. 36.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 4610144289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 460 114 4289 (b) 461 014 4289 (c) 610 144 289 (d) 461 011 44289
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Grab (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Wet Grab Silly (d) Silly Wet Grab
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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