Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 824 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 209269002054. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2092 6900 2054 (b) 2092 6690 02054 (c) 2092 6900 254 (d) 2092 6900 2045
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 174975149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 179 475 149 (b) 174 975 149 (c) 174 997 5149 (d) 179 751 49
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, jalebi, rose, orange, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJROC (b) CORJI (c) JIROC (d) JROCI
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, drum, needle? (a) Grab Dogs Neat (b) Dogs Neat Grab (c) Dogs Grab Neat (d) Neat Dogs Grab
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5684424159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 564 842 4159 (b) 568 442 4159 (c) 568 442 41559 (d) 568 424 159
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 755551268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 755 515 268 (b) 555 512 68 (c) 755 555 1268 (d) 755 551 268
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 3068606696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 306 686 06696 (b) 306 866 0696 (c) 368 606 696 (d) 306 860 6696
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 596207858578. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9620 7858 578 (b) 5962 0785 8578 (c) 5962 0758 8578 (d) 5962 0788 58578
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, lemon, banana, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFBI (b) LBIF (c) FLBI (d) IBLF
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 683814002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 683 814 0002 (b) 863 814 002 (c) 688 140 02 (d) 683 814 002
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 104232880. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 104 232 880 (b) 142 328 80 (c) 104 238 280 (d) 100 423 2880
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 535534682170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5355 3468 21770 (b) 5355 3468 217 (c) 5355 3468 2170 (d) 5355 3462 8170
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, kite, monkey, ice cream, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKMIF (b) KMIFP (c) FIMKP (d) KPMIF
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ball, needle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNBP (b) BPNS (c) BNSP (d) PBNS
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, inkpot, guava, flute, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFGIT (b) TIGFC (c) ITGFC (d) IGFCT
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Funny Red (b) Red Silly Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Silly Red (d) Silly Red Lions Funny
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (c) Fly Jolly Mum Ants (d) Jolly Fly Mum Ants
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
36. 36.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, jalebi, bucket? (a) Jeeps Grab Bunny (b) Bunny Jeeps Grab (c) Jeeps Bunny Grab (d) Grab Jeeps Bunny
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 742762943. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 762 934 (b) 742 276 2943 (c) 742 762 943 (d) 742 769 43

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