Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 594 · 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: frog, drum, apple, ice cream, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIADF (b) DFAIG (c) DAIGF (d) FDAIG
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, key, parrot, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTPG (b) KPGT (c) TKPG (d) GPKT
3. 3.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
5. 5.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (d) Cook Eat Pink Crazy
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 500450355816. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5004 5035 5816 (b) 5045 0355 816 (c) 5500 4503 55816 (d) 5005 4035 5816
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 136170254416. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1367 1025 4416 (b) 1361 7025 416 (c) 1361 7025 44416 (d) 1361 7025 4416
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly My All (b) All My Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs My All Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My All
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Eight (b) Eight Lions Pink Ants (c) Lions Eight Pink Ants (d) Lions Pink Ants Eight
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8189883035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 818 983 035 (b) 818 898 3035 (c) 818 988 3035 (d) 818 988 83035
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 975904618. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 795 904 618 (b) 975 904 6618 (c) 975 904 61 (d) 975 904 618
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, drum, rope? (a) Lions Dance Rani (b) Dance Lions Rani (c) Rani Dance Lions (d) Dance Rani Lions
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5263769352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 736 9352 (b) 526 337 69352 (c) 526 376 9352 (d) 523 769 352
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, flute, pencil? (a) Lions Frogs Pink (b) Frogs Lions Pink (c) Pink Frogs Lions (d) Frogs Pink Lions
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 973777854784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9773 7778 54784 (b) 9773 7785 4784 (c) 9737 7854 784 (d) 9737 7785 4784
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, mango, spoon? (a) Mum Lions Seven (b) Seven Mum Lions (c) Mum Seven Lions (d) Lions Mum Seven
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9815559439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 981 555 939 (b) 981 559 5439 (c) 981 555 59439 (d) 981 555 9439
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Seven Wise Green (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Green Wise Seven
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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