Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 643 · 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: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Play Aunty Eat (c) Lazy Eat Play Aunty (d) Eat Lazy Play Aunty
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Seven Wise Green (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, whistle, apple? (a) Wet Aunty Lions (b) Lions Wet Aunty (c) Aunty Wet Lions (d) Wet Lions Aunty
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 299312289582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2999 3122 89582 (b) 9293 1228 9582 (c) 2993 1228 9582 (d) 2993 1228 952
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Frogs
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, ice cream, duck? (a) Dad Ink Big (b) Big Ink Dad (c) Ink Big Dad (d) Ink Dad Big
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7183595723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 718 359 55723 (b) 718 359 5732 (c) 718 359 573 (d) 718 359 5723
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, kite, anchor, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAKT (b) KART (c) TKAR (d) KTAR
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 251813511088. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5181 3511 088 (b) 2551 8135 11088 (c) 2518 1351 1088 (d) 5218 1351 1088
19. 19.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2489240102. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 248 294 0102 (b) 248 940 102 (c) 248 992 40102 (d) 248 924 0102
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 134047930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 047 930 (b) 134 047 7930 (c) 134 047 93 (d) 143 047 930
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, parrot, tent, umpire, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTUGA (b) PATUG (c) APTUG (d) GUTPA
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 253130059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 130 0559 (b) 253 130 059 (c) 235 130 059 (d) 231 300 59
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, wallet, nest, violin, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWNVM (b) WFNVM (c) WNVMF (d) MVNWF
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wins Neat (b) Neat Eight Sing Wins (c) Eight Neat Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Eight Neat
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wise (c) Every Neat Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Neat
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 700892829. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 928 29 (b) 708 092 829 (c) 700 892 829 (d) 700 892 8299
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, candle, pillow? (a) Crazy Pink Ink (b) Pink Crazy Ink (c) Crazy Ink Pink (d) Ink Crazy Pink
39. 39.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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