Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 76 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cook
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 226098028. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 098 028 (b) 226 098 8028 (c) 226 090 28 (d) 226 098 028
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, mirror, pencil? (a) Vans My Pink (b) Pink My Vans (c) My Pink Vans (d) My Vans Pink
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, net, van, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVTJ (b) JNVT (c) TVNJ (d) NJVT
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wise (b) Neat Every Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Every Neat (d) Every Seven Wise Neat
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Funny Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps Mum Ants (c) Funny Mum Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny Mum Ants
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, tiger, ladder, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLTF (b) FTLR (c) TLRF (d) TFLR
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 827880420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 788 0420 (b) 827 804 20 (c) 872 880 420 (d) 827 880 420
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (d) Eat Cook Cook Pigs
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, owl, parrot? (a) Only Under Play (b) Under Only Play (c) Play Only Under (d) Only Play Under
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 334401416. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 014 16 (b) 334 401 4116 (c) 334 041 416 (d) 334 401 416
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, umbrella, wallet? (a) Under Vans Wins (b) Wins Under Vans (c) Under Wins Vans (d) Vans Under Wins
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, pillow, onion, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWOL (b) LOPW (c) WPOL (d) POLW
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, rope, flute? (a) Ice Rani Frogs (b) Rani Ice Frogs (c) Rani Frogs Ice (d) Frogs Rani Ice
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jump (b) All My Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs My All (d) Frogs Jump My All
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 119705183085. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1197 0518 3085 (b) 1170 5183 085 (c) 1197 0518 30885 (d) 1190 7518 3085
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, banana, guava, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGPC (b) BCGP (c) CBGP (d) PGBC
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 444452928. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 444 452 9228 (b) 444 452 928 (c) 444 542 928 (d) 444 452 28
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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