Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 730 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, candle, kite? (a) Cats Kind Toys (b) Cats Toys Kind (c) Toys Cats Kind (d) Kind Cats Toys
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, wallet, monkey, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WAMS (b) AWMS (c) WMSA (d) SMWA
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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
8. 8.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 498411922. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 498 411 292 (b) 498 419 22 (c) 498 411 1922 (d) 498 411 922
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 842898883172. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8428 9888 1372 (b) 8428 9888 83172 (c) 8428 8883 172 (d) 8428 9888 3172
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 830509595453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8830 5095 95453 (b) 8305 0959 5453 (c) 8305 0959 553 (d) 8305 0959 5543
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, needle, ice cream? (a) Nani Inside Dogs (b) Nani Dogs Inside (c) Inside Nani Dogs (d) Dogs Nani Inside
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 253960131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 235 960 131 (b) 253 960 131 (c) 253 960 1131 (d) 253 961 31
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tomato, lemon, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTLO (b) OLTD (c) TDLO (d) TLOD
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, goat, needle? (a) Grab Bunny Neat (b) Neat Grab Bunny (c) Bunny Grab Neat (d) Grab Neat Bunny
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, violin, inkpot? (a) Very Ink Funny (b) Funny Very Ink (c) Very Funny Ink (d) Ink Very Funny
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 338649233. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 338 649 233 (b) 338 649 23 (c) 338 649 9233 (d) 338 469 233
27. 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 523280372. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 523 280 72 (b) 523 280 0372 (c) 523 280 327 (d) 523 280 372
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 853418926603. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8531 4892 6603 (b) 8534 1899 26603 (c) 8341 8926 603 (d) 8534 1892 6603
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, apple, cat, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACGB (b) GCAB (c) ABCG (d) BACG
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5925174925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 592 517 49225 (b) 592 574 925 (c) 529 517 4925 (d) 592 517 4925
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Funny Mum Aunty Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Funny Jeeps
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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