Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 896 · 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 acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
2. 2.🧰 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) nothing at all (d) chunking
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, guava, ball, needle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNBGJ (b) GJBNF (c) JGBNF (d) GBNFJ
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, umpire, owl? (a) Uncle Only Funny (b) Uncle Funny Only (c) Only Uncle Funny (d) Funny Uncle Only
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 429345209. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 345 029 (b) 429 345 209 (c) 293 452 09 (d) 429 345 2099
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, igloo, ball, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBAL (b) LIBA (c) ILBA (d) ABIL
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 8944475982. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 894 447 5982 (b) 894 447 59822 (c) 894 447 5928 (d) 844 475 982
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 300402780. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 304 002 780 (b) 300 040 2780 (c) 300 407 80 (d) 300 402 780
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Funny Jump (b) Funny Mum Aunty Jump (c) Funny Jump Mum Aunty (d) Jump Funny Mum Aunty
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, goat, banana? (a) Green Big Runs (b) Runs Green Big (c) Green Runs Big (d) Big Green Runs
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4485527207. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 448 552 72007 (b) 448 552 7207 (c) 445 852 7207 (d) 448 557 207
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nani (b) Eat Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wise (d) Eat Nani Sing Wise
18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, igloo, umbrella? (a) Ice Jeeps Up (b) Ice Up Jeeps (c) Jeeps Ice Up (d) Up Ice Jeeps
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Seven Red (c) Seven Lazy Funny Red (d) Seven Red Lazy Funny
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, duck, watch? (a) Dad Wins Grab (b) Grab Dad Wins (c) Wins Dad Grab (d) Dad Grab Wins
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 7844283782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 784 423 8782 (b) 784 428 3782 (c) 784 428 83782 (d) 784 283 782
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 6576579465. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 657 9465 (b) 675 657 9465 (c) 657 657 99465 (d) 657 657 946
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Seven Red (b) Seven Red Lions Frogs (c) Red Seven Lions Frogs (d) Seven Lions Frogs Red
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, mango, pillow, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPMAU (b) AUMPF (c) AMPFU (d) UAMPF
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3801872860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 380 187 260 (b) 308 187 2860 (c) 338 018 72860 (d) 380 187 2860
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Sing Red (b) Sing Red Lazy Frogs (c) Sing Lazy Frogs Red (d) Red Sing Lazy Frogs
35. 35.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 9598067227. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 959 806 72277 (b) 959 806 7272 (c) 959 806 7227 (d) 998 067 227
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, wallet, key? (a) Kids Wet Cats (b) Wet Cats Kids (c) Cats Wet Kids (d) Wet Kids Cats
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 146128084982. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1461 2884 982 (b) 1416 2808 4982 (c) 1461 2808 4982 (d) 1461 2808 49822
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wise (b) Wise Silly Every Neat (c) Every Silly Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Silly Wise

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