Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 697 · 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: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, cat, ball? (a) Pink Cats Bunny (b) Cats Bunny Pink (c) Bunny Cats Pink (d) Cats Pink Bunny
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 631145988023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3114 5988 023 (b) 6311 4598 8203 (c) 6311 4598 8023 (d) 6311 4598 80023
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, violin, lemon, flute, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVLFC (b) CFLVI (c) VLFCI (d) VILFC
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Rani (b) Sing Rani Lions Funny (c) Rani Sing Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Rani
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, kite, coconut, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WKCS (b) KCSW (c) SCKW (d) KWCS
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, lamp, coconut, doll, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUCDW (b) WDCLU (c) ULCDW (d) LCDWU
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, ball, sock? (a) Tiny Bakes Silly (b) Silly Bakes Tiny (c) Bakes Silly Tiny (d) Bakes Tiny Silly
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Every (b) Every Crazy Play Cook (c) Crazy Every Play Cook (d) Cook Play Crazy Every
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 8667292353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 886 672 92353 (b) 866 792 2353 (c) 866 729 2353 (d) 866 292 353
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 782889198. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 788 891 98 (b) 782 889 1198 (c) 872 889 198 (d) 782 889 198
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lions Frogs (b) Silly Lions Frogs Red (c) Frogs Lions Silly Red (d) Silly Red Lions Frogs
24. 24.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 193143951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 119 314 3951 (b) 193 139 51 (c) 193 143 951 (d) 191 343 951
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 461602294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 022 94 (b) 466 102 294 (c) 461 660 2294 (d) 461 602 294
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Pink Cook Eight (c) Eight Cook Pink Cats (d) Cook Eight Pink Cats
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 4396668108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 493 666 8108 (b) 439 666 8108 (c) 433 966 68108 (d) 496 668 108
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Pink Ants (b) Love Pink Ants Eat (c) Eat Love Pink Ants (d) Ants Pink Love Eat
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, candle, flute? (a) Cats Frogs Kids (b) Kids Cats Frogs (c) Cats Kids Frogs (d) Frogs Cats Kids
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, onion, kettle, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORKF (b) FKOR (c) OKFR (d) ROKF
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 970820524562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7082 0524 562 (b) 9708 0252 4562 (c) 9708 2052 4562 (d) 9708 2005 24562
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Every Neat (b) Every Neat Sing Wise (c) Neat Every Sing Wise (d) Every Sing Wise Neat
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
39. 39.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5227331027. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 273 31027 (b) 522 733 0127 (c) 522 331 027 (d) 522 733 1027

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