Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 848 · 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) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 773076375. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 073 75 (b) 773 076 375 (c) 773 307 6375 (d) 737 076 375
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 422528823654. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4225 2882 3654 (b) 4222 5288 23654 (c) 2425 2882 3654 (d) 4225 2883 654
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lazy Every (c) Every Lazy Pigs Ants (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Every
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5569819182. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 556 981 9128 (b) 556 981 9182 (c) 556 988 19182 (d) 556 981 918
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps Mum All (c) Jeeps Frogs Mum All (d) Frogs Mum All Jeeps
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
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) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, urn, tiger, lemon, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUTLG (b) UATLG (c) GLTUA (d) UTLGA
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pink Cats (b) Eight Cats Cats Pink (c) Cats Eight Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cats Eight
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, owl, tiger, ant, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTAJW (b) JATOW (c) WOTAJ (d) OWTAJ
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Eat (b) Eat Lions Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Eat (d) Lions Eat Play Aunty
32. 32.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 421603801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 421 600 3801 (b) 421 608 301 (c) 421 603 801 (d) 421 603 81
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 405174268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 045 174 268 (b) 405 517 4268 (c) 405 174 68 (d) 405 174 268
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, van, umbrella? (a) Aunty Vans Under (b) Under Vans Aunty (c) Vans Aunty Under (d) Vans Under Aunty
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, doll, van, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDVJ (b) DVJS (c) DSVJ (d) JVDS
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC

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