Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 820 · 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) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 679875178. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 679 875 17 (b) 769 875 178 (c) 677 987 5178 (d) 679 875 178
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 655059115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 655 059 15 (b) 655 059 1115 (c) 655 059 115 (d) 565 059 115
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, sock, duck? (a) Silly Mice Dogs (b) Silly Dogs Mice (c) Dogs Silly Mice (d) Mice Silly Dogs
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, monkey, drum? (a) Dance My Old (b) Old My Dance (c) My Dance Old (d) My Old Dance
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, tomato, fan? (a) Tiny Funny Jolly (b) Jolly Tiny Funny (c) Tiny Jolly Funny (d) Funny Tiny Jolly
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, guava, needle, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNUS (b) GSNU (c) SGNU (d) UNGS
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, violin, radio, cat, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJRCG (b) JVRCG (c) VRCGJ (d) GCRVJ
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (b) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (c) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (d) Rani Seven Lazy Fly
17. 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 3073521992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 307 351 2992 (b) 307 352 199 (c) 307 735 21992 (d) 307 352 1992
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, radio, cat, inkpot, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFCIG (b) RCIGF (c) FRCIG (d) GICRF
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, needle, anchor, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IANG (b) NAIG (c) GNAI (d) NGAI
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Aunty Eight (b) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (c) Eight Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Eight Pigs Aunty
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, fan, guava, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFGOC (b) FPGOC (c) COGFP (d) FGOCP
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2110176779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 101 76779 (b) 210 176 779 (c) 211 017 6779 (d) 211 107 6779
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lazy Fly (b) Silly Lazy Fly Rani (c) Rani Silly Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Silly Rani
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pink All (b) Lazy Eight Pink All (c) Lazy Pink All Eight (d) All Pink Lazy Eight
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 372501614. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 372 501 164 (b) 372 501 614 (c) 375 016 14 (d) 372 550 1614
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wins (b) Eat Seven Wins Nani (c) Nani Eat Seven Wins (d) Wins Seven Eat Nani
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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
40. 40.🧰 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

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