Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 761 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, orange, goat, nest, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBGNP (b) PNGOB (c) BOGNP (d) OGNPB
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, onion, parrot, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPRB (b) BOPR (c) OBPR (d) RPOB
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, wallet, net? (a) Neat Wise Cook (b) Cook Wise Neat (c) Wise Cook Neat (d) Wise Neat Cook
5. 5.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (d) Lions Every Pigs Aunty
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (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) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Cats Pigs Crazy (c) Cats Eat Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 313778087429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3137 8708 7429 (b) 3133 7780 87429 (c) 3137 7807 429 (d) 3137 7808 7429
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 102409872713. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1020 4987 2713 (b) 1020 9872 713 (c) 1024 0987 22713 (d) 1024 0987 2713
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 386246079179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3386 2460 79179 (b) 3862 4607 1979 (c) 3862 4607 9179 (d) 3824 6079 179
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 680665008. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 860 665 008 (b) 680 665 008 (c) 680 666 5008 (d) 680 660 08
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 498050762. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 498 050 762 (b) 498 050 72 (c) 489 050 762 (d) 449 805 0762
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 6675759506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 665 775 9506 (b) 667 557 59506 (c) 667 575 9506 (d) 667 575 956
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, apple, parrot, lamp, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLPAS (b) ASPLO (c) APLOS (d) SAPLO
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, watch, kite, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWKT (b) WKTN (c) TKWN (d) WNKT
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, pillow, apple, bucket, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNABJ (b) PABJN (c) NPABJ (d) JBAPN
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, ant, pencil? (a) Aunty Pigs Cook (b) Pigs Aunty Cook (c) Cook Aunty Pigs (d) Aunty Cook Pigs

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