Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 852 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, drum, shoe? (a) Sing Dance Jump (b) Jump Dance Sing (c) Dance Sing Jump (d) Dance Jump Sing
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, inkpot, rose? (a) Ink Grab Rani (b) Ink Rani Grab (c) Grab Ink Rani (d) Rani Ink Grab
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 551407213410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5154 0721 3410 (b) 5514 0072 13410 (c) 5514 0721 3410 (d) 5514 0213 410
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5033397453. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 333 97453 (b) 503 339 7543 (c) 503 339 7453 (d) 503 339 453
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Fly Rani (b) Fly Lions Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Lions Fly (d) Rani Seven Lions Fly
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, whistle, fan, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFWD (b) DWFV (c) WDFV (d) WFVD
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 221757702944. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2217 5777 02944 (b) 2217 5707 2944 (c) 2175 7702 944 (d) 2217 5770 2944
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Green (b) Silly Wet Green (c) Wet Green Silly (d) Green Wet Silly
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 209806918974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2098 0698 974 (b) 2099 8069 18974 (c) 2098 0691 8974 (d) 2089 0691 8974
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Cats Play (b) Eat Cats Play Cats (c) Cats Eat Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cats Eat
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 305028266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 305 022 866 (b) 305 028 2266 (c) 350 282 66 (d) 305 028 266
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 147497086143. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1477 4970 86143 (b) 1474 9708 643 (c) 1474 9708 6143 (d) 1474 9708 6413
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 514335241173. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5143 3542 1173 (b) 5143 3524 1173 (c) 5143 3524 113 (d) 5143 3524 11173
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 616623375795. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6162 3375 795 (b) 6166 2337 75795 (c) 6166 2337 5759 (d) 6166 2337 5795
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, umpire, bucket, tent, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGBTO (b) OTBUG (c) GUBTO (d) UBTOG
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
39. 39.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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