Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 832 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 4953834553. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 495 383 4553 (b) 495 834 553 (c) 495 383 5453 (d) 499 538 34553
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Eight Pigs All (c) Lazy Pigs All Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pigs All
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, kettle, bucket? (a) Bunny Kites Jump (b) Jump Kites Bunny (c) Kites Bunny Jump (d) Kites Jump Bunny
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, violin, igloo, coconut, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VICTJ (b) VJICT (c) TCIVJ (d) JVICT
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 392948537920. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3994 8537 920 (b) 3392 9485 37920 (c) 3924 9853 7920 (d) 3929 4853 7920
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 448730869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 448 308 69 (b) 448 773 0869 (c) 448 703 869 (d) 448 730 869
16. 16.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, flute, jalebi, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJVG (b) GFJV (c) FGJV (d) VJFG
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 166969231197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1666 9923 1197 (b) 1669 6231 197 (c) 1669 6923 1197 (d) 1669 6923 31197
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Every (d) Every Cats Cats Pink
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 548312766734. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5831 2766 734 (b) 5483 1726 6734 (c) 5483 1276 6734 (d) 5448 3127 66734
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, apple, jalebi, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJFGW (b) AWJFG (c) WAJFG (d) GFJAW
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 315069123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 351 069 123 (b) 315 069 1123 (c) 315 091 23 (d) 315 069 123
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, shoe, mango? (a) Seven Jolly Mice (b) Mice Seven Jolly (c) Seven Mice Jolly (d) Jolly Seven Mice
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, apple, needle? (a) Up All Nani (b) Nani All Up (c) All Up Nani (d) All Nani Up
36. 36.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 616000116105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6160 0011 61005 (b) 6160 0011 6105 (c) 6160 0011 6015 (d) 6160 0011 105
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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