Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 844 · 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: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Pigs Cook
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, ladder, kite? (a) Rani Lions Kites (b) Lions Kites Rani (c) Kites Lions Rani (d) Lions Rani Kites
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 405400859. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 405 400 859 (b) 404 008 59 (c) 405 408 059 (d) 405 400 8859
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Seven (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Wet Seven Grab
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, fan, guava, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIGK (b) IFGK (c) FGKI (d) KGFI
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ball, fan, jalebi, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOFJC (b) BFJCO (c) OBFJC (d) CJFBO
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, parrot, kite, rope, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPKRS (b) PKRSN (c) SRKPN (d) PNKRS
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nine (b) Eat Nine Sing Wise (c) Eat Sing Wise Nine (d) Nine Eat Sing Wise
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 687242998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 687 224 998 (b) 687 242 998 (c) 668 724 2998 (d) 687 242 98
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Silly Wet (b) Eight Neat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eight Neat (d) Eight Silly Wet Neat
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Silly Rani (b) Silly Rani Love Frogs (c) Rani Silly Love Frogs (d) Silly Love Frogs Rani
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5761553447. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 576 155 4347 (b) 576 155 34447 (c) 576 153 447 (d) 576 155 3447
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 644913826373. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6449 1382 6373 (b) 6449 1382 6337 (c) 6449 1338 26373 (d) 6449 1386 373
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 390208238555. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3902 0838 555 (b) 3900 2082 38555 (c) 3092 0823 8555 (d) 3902 0823 8555
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, coconut, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDCF (b) FCTD (c) DTCF (d) TCFD
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 320263254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 236 254 (b) 320 263 54 (c) 320 026 3254 (d) 320 263 254
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 411295314. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 129 5314 (b) 411 295 34 (c) 411 925 314 (d) 411 295 314
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 741732296192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7417 3229 6192 (b) 4717 3229 6192 (c) 7741 7322 96192 (d) 7417 3296 192
39. 39.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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