Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 664 · 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 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
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4697562062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 756 206 (b) 469 755 62062 (c) 469 756 0262 (d) 469 756 2062
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 2321142126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 211 42126 (b) 232 141 2126 (c) 221 142 126 (d) 232 114 2126
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, doll, needle? (a) Very Dance Nani (b) Dance Very Nani (c) Nani Dance Very (d) Dance Nani Very
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 719746417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 797 464 17 (b) 719 746 417 (c) 771 974 6417 (d) 719 764 417
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, pillow, bucket, van, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLBVA (b) PBVAL (c) LPBVA (d) AVBPL
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5267443293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 744 3293 (b) 527 644 3293 (c) 526 774 43293 (d) 526 743 293
13. 13.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 549541565272. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5495 4155 6272 (b) 5495 4156 5272 (c) 5495 1565 272 (d) 5449 5415 65272
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Frogs Rani (b) Silly Rani Lions Frogs (c) Rani Silly Lions Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Silly Rani
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, inkpot, glass? (a) Inside Dad Grab (b) Inside Grab Dad (c) Dad Inside Grab (d) Grab Inside Dad
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Eight Pink Cats
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, pencil, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGUO (b) UGPO (c) OPGU (d) POGU
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Aunty Pigs Love Eat (c) Love Eat Pigs Aunty (d) Eat Love Pigs Aunty
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 343215863514. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3432 1586 3514 (b) 3432 1863 514 (c) 3432 1588 63514 (d) 3432 1856 3514
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, apple, lemon, coconut, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALCIO (b) ICLAO (c) AOLCI (d) OALCI
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Sing (b) Goats Wins Sing (c) Sing Wins Goats (d) Wins Sing Goats
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, onion, sock? (a) Old Love Silly (b) Old Silly Love (c) Love Old Silly (d) Silly Old Love
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, candle, glass? (a) Green Cook Vines (b) Cook Vines Green (c) Vines Cook Green (d) Cook Green Vines
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9916986572. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 991 698 65722 (b) 991 696 572 (c) 991 698 6572 (d) 991 968 6572
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (c) Every Crazy Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Every
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, frog, needle, owl, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMNOC (b) MFNOC (c) CONFM (d) FNOCM
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, nest, guava? (a) Neat Grab Dogs (b) Dogs Neat Grab (c) Grab Neat Dogs (d) Neat Dogs Grab

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