Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 616 · 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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Play Cats (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Eight Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eight
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, spoon, umbrella, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJUD (b) DUSJ (c) JSUD (d) SUDJ
4. 4.✏️ 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
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Cats (b) Cook Play Cats Eat (c) Cook Eat Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cook Eat
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, radio, kite? (a) Kites Runs Wins (b) Runs Wins Kites (c) Wins Runs Kites (d) Runs Kites Wins
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, tent, lamp? (a) Toys My Lazy (b) Lazy Toys My (c) Toys Lazy My (d) My Toys Lazy
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 825958502440. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8259 5850 2440 (b) 8595 8502 440 (c) 8259 5585 02440 (d) 8259 8550 2440
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Green (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Wise Seven Green
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cook Eight (c) Eight Cook Cook Pink (d) Eight Cook Pink Cook
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, drum, key? (a) Dance Kids Very (b) Very Dance Kids (c) Dance Very Kids (d) Kids Dance Very
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (b) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (c) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eat
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1220272170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 202 72170 (b) 122 022 170 (c) 122 027 2170 (d) 212 027 2170
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8519762782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 851 997 62782 (b) 851 976 2782 (c) 519 762 782 (d) 851 976 7282
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 494139028. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 494 139 0288 (b) 494 139 028 (c) 494 139 082 (d) 441 390 28
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 9478894948. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 889 9448 (b) 947 889 4948 (c) 947 894 948 (d) 944 788 94948
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, umbrella, candle, parrot, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCPND (b) UDCPN (c) DUCPN (d) NPCUD
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants (b) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 719838808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 838 808 (b) 719 838 80 (c) 718 938 808 (d) 719 883 8808
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, urn, tiger, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTIC (b) UCTI (c) ITUC (d) CUTI
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1801934323. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 193 4323 (b) 180 934 323 (c) 180 119 34323 (d) 108 193 4323

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