Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 64 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 3256289453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 325 662 89453 (b) 352 628 9453 (c) 325 628 9453 (d) 325 628 953
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 4367276240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 436 772 6240 (b) 436 727 6240 (c) 433 672 76240 (d) 436 727 620
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 3643484933. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 364 348 49333 (b) 364 484 933 (c) 364 348 4933 (d) 634 348 4933
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, urn, apple? (a) Under Aunty Cats (b) Cats Under Aunty (c) Aunty Under Cats (d) Under Cats Aunty
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, vase, duck? (a) Vines Ice Dad (b) Dad Vines Ice (c) Vines Dad Ice (d) Ice Vines Dad
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8998612640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 899 862 1640 (b) 899 861 240 (c) 899 861 2640 (d) 899 886 12640
11. 11.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Goats Wet Sing
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, owl, tomato? (a) Dance Old Toys (b) Old Toys Dance (c) Toys Old Dance (d) Old Dance Toys
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Neat (b) Wise Silly Every Neat (c) Neat Every Silly Wise (d) Every Neat Silly Wise
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 8256581101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 581 101 (b) 825 658 81101 (c) 285 658 1101 (d) 825 658 1101
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, mango, apple? (a) Ants My Pigs (b) Pigs My Ants (c) My Pigs Ants (d) My Ants Pigs
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, urn, coconut, drum, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUCDT (b) UCDTS (c) USCDT (d) TDCUS
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Green (c) Wise Silly Green (d) Wise Green Silly
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔤 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
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 466146847. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 148 647 (b) 466 146 8447 (c) 466 146 847 (d) 661 468 47
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Silly (b) Silly Wins Goats (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Goats Wins Silly
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Green (b) Green Wins Sing (c) Wins Green Sing (d) Sing Wins Green
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, tent, kite, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOKV (b) VKTO (c) TKVO (d) OTKV
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 639840673279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6398 8406 73279 (b) 6938 4067 3279 (c) 6398 4067 3279 (d) 3984 0673 279
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 375296798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 296 798 (b) 375 296 798 (c) 375 296 7988 (d) 352 967 98
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 623848107788. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6238 8481 07788 (b) 6328 4810 7788 (c) 6238 4810 7788 (d) 6238 4810 788
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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