Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 828 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, drum, van? (a) Very Dogs Lazy (b) Dogs Very Lazy (c) Dogs Lazy Very (d) Lazy Dogs Very
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, nest, anchor, glass, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGANV (b) NAGMV (c) NVAGM (d) VNAGM
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, ant, igloo, rose, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASIRW (b) AIRWS (c) SAIRW (d) WRIAS
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice All (b) Jeeps Frogs Mice All (c) All Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mice All Jeeps
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lions Funny (b) Rani Silly Lions Funny (c) Funny Lions Silly Rani (d) Silly Lions Funny Rani
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1922852074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 192 825 2074 (b) 122 852 074 (c) 192 285 20074 (d) 192 285 2074
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, urn, needle? (a) Neat Under Ice (b) Under Neat Ice (c) Ice Under Neat (d) Under Ice Neat
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Silly (b) Silly Wet Green (c) Wet Silly Green (d) Wet Green Silly
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tomato, wallet, nest, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWNKV (b) VTWNK (c) KNWTV (d) TVWNK
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, fan, needle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMNG (b) FNGM (c) MFNG (d) GNFM
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wet Neat (b) Neat Eat Sing Wet (c) Eat Neat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Neat
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Pink Aunty
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8292803922. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 822 980 3922 (b) 829 280 322 (c) 829 280 03922 (d) 829 280 3922
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 7080801882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 708 081 882 (b) 708 808 01882 (c) 708 080 1882 (d) 708 080 8182
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, needle, glass? (a) Grab Nani Runs (b) Runs Nani Grab (c) Nani Runs Grab (d) Nani Grab Runs
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, monkey, pillow? (a) Mice Play Funny (b) Funny Mice Play (c) Play Mice Funny (d) Mice Funny Play
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4265503737. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 426 555 03737 (b) 426 550 3737 (c) 426 550 3773 (d) 426 550 737
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 788987047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 788 898 7047 (b) 788 987 047 (c) 788 987 407 (d) 889 870 47
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 879293011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 293 011 (b) 879 293 0011 (c) 879 293 01 (d) 879 923 011
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 302283500. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 835 00 (b) 330 228 3500 (c) 302 283 500 (d) 302 238 500

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