Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 733 · 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 the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (b) Lions Eight Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (d) Eight Lions Pink Aunty
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 829243145. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 829 243 145 (b) 829 241 45 (c) 829 243 415 (d) 829 243 1145
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 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) an acronym (d) a rhyme
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, fan, guava, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFGO (b) FGOD (c) OGFD (d) FDGO
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, coconut, tomato, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPTM (b) CTMP (c) MTCP (d) PCTM
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, glass, doll, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSDC (b) CDGS (c) GDCS (d) SGDC
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 6918881355. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 691 888 1355 (b) 961 888 1355 (c) 691 888 81355 (d) 691 881 355
11. 11.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, banana, flute, ice cream, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBFIW (b) BJFIW (c) BFIWJ (d) WIFBJ
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Pigs (b) Cats Pigs Cats Every (c) Cats Every Pigs Cats (d) Every Cats Pigs Cats
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 361660397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 660 3977 (b) 361 660 397 (c) 361 663 097 (d) 361 603 97
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, umpire, mirror? (a) Under My Jolly (b) Under Jolly My (c) My Under Jolly (d) Jolly Under My
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 401235607650. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4012 3560 7650 (b) 4012 5360 7650 (c) 4012 3556 07650 (d) 4012 3560 760
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9236802351. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 293 680 2351 (b) 926 802 351 (c) 923 680 23351 (d) 923 680 2351
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 5552691955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 555 269 1955 (b) 555 269 155 (c) 555 269 19955 (d) 555 261 9955
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8406276734. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 676 734 (b) 844 062 76734 (c) 840 627 6734 (d) 804 627 6734
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 180120107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 120 107 (b) 180 120 1077 (c) 810 120 107 (d) 801 201 07
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, flute, onion, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFOC (b) FAOC (c) COFA (d) FOCA
35. 35.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 530545850. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 530 544 5850 (b) 530 545 805 (c) 530 545 85 (d) 530 545 850
39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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