Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 641 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 6007202180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 060 720 2180 (b) 600 720 2180 (c) 007 202 180 (d) 600 720 21180
5. 5.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 848733024230. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8487 3302 420 (b) 8487 3302 44230 (c) 8487 3302 4230 (d) 8847 3302 4230
8. 8.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, coconut, goat? (a) Grab Crazy Ink (b) Ink Crazy Grab (c) Crazy Ink Grab (d) Crazy Grab Ink
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, mirror, guava? (a) Goats Mum Sing (b) Sing Mum Goats (c) Mum Goats Sing (d) Mum Sing Goats
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 680430660. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 668 043 0660 (b) 680 406 60 (c) 680 340 660 (d) 680 430 660
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 7284224275. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 728 422 425 (b) 728 422 4275 (c) 728 422 24275 (d) 728 422 4257
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Every Nani (b) Every Nani Sing Wise (c) Every Sing Wise Nani (d) Nani Every Sing Wise
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, goat, umbrella, inkpot, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUIVD (b) GDUIV (c) DGUIV (d) VIUGD
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lazy Frogs (b) Frogs Lazy Silly Red (c) Silly Lazy Frogs Red (d) Red Silly Lazy Frogs
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
34. 34.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My Ants (b) Funny My Ants Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My Ants (d) Ants My Funny Jeeps
38. 38.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA

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