Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 577 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, goat, doll, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDCL (b) LGDC (c) CDGL (d) GLDC
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 790067022. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 060 22 (b) 790 060 722 (c) 799 006 7022 (d) 790 067 022
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Seven (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Green Wins Seven
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, needle, jug? (a) Under Nine Jolly (b) Nine Jolly Under (c) Nine Under Jolly (d) Jolly Nine Under
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Funny Runs (b) Funny Lions Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Lions Funny (d) Seven Runs Lions Funny
15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (b) Lions Eight Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (d) Eight Lions Pink Aunty
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Silly Red (c) Silly Red Lazy Fly (d) Silly Lazy Fly Red
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 812048118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 812 048 1118 (b) 812 481 18 (c) 182 048 118 (d) 812 048 118
19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 613959461. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 613 959 4661 (b) 613 954 61 (c) 613 995 461 (d) 613 959 461
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 5168323631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 323 631 (b) 516 823 3631 (c) 516 832 33631 (d) 516 832 3631
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Play (b) Every Cats Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cats Every (d) Cats Every Play Cats
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.🔤 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3053926293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 305 392 66293 (b) 305 392 6293 (c) 305 326 293 (d) 305 392 6923
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 545616414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 545 616 4144 (b) 545 616 414 (c) 545 661 414 (d) 545 616 44
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, bucket, rope, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABRO (b) BARO (c) ORBA (d) BROA
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, mirror, needle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNAS (b) ANMS (c) SMNA (d) MSNA
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Seven Red (c) Seven Red Lions Frogs (d) Seven Lions Frogs Red
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eat (b) Eat Love Pink Aunty (c) Love Pink Aunty Eat (d) Love Eat Pink Aunty
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Ants (b) Jump Funny My Ants (c) Ants My Funny Jump (d) Funny My Ants Jump
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 405224120961. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4052 2412 0916 (b) 4052 2441 20961 (c) 0522 4120 961 (d) 4052 2412 0961
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE

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