Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 680 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 5719884847. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 884 847 (b) 571 988 4874 (c) 571 988 4847 (d) 571 988 84847
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ 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) Frogs Lazy Seven Rani (c) Rani Seven Lazy Frogs (d) Seven Rani Lazy Frogs
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 270128034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 128 043 (b) 270 128 034 (c) 270 280 34 (d) 270 112 8034
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, spoon, doll? (a) Silly Dance Cook (b) Silly Cook Dance (c) Dance Silly Cook (d) Cook Silly Dance
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Eight Neat (b) Neat Eight Sing Wins (c) Eight Sing Wins Neat (d) Eight Neat Sing Wins
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ball, guava, whistle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBGWC (b) CWGBK (c) BKGWC (d) BGWCK
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 9956807596. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 995 680 796 (b) 995 680 07596 (c) 995 687 0596 (d) 995 680 7596
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 719169330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 169 330 (b) 719 169 3330 (c) 179 169 330 (d) 719 169 30
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5642998414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 564 429 98414 (b) 564 299 8414 (c) 564 298 414 (d) 562 499 8414
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, wallet, goat? (a) Goats Wet Nani (b) Wet Goats Nani (c) Wet Nani Goats (d) Nani Wet Goats
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 624063511565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6206 3511 565 (b) 6240 6635 11565 (c) 6240 6351 1565 (d) 6240 6315 1565
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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