Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 942 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, coconut, pencil? (a) Play Cats Uncle (b) Uncle Cats Play (c) Cats Uncle Play (d) Cats Play Uncle
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5122225170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 512 222 517 (b) 521 222 5170 (c) 512 222 5170 (d) 512 222 25170
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, candle, onion? (a) Crazy Funny Owls (b) Funny Crazy Owls (c) Owls Crazy Funny (d) Crazy Owls Funny
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 895365361434. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8955 3653 61434 (b) 8953 6531 434 (c) 8593 6536 1434 (d) 8953 6536 1434
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ant, owl, candle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATOCD (b) DCOAT (c) AOCDT (d) TAOCD
11. 11.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, goat, wallet, candle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWCJF (b) GFWCJ (c) FGWCJ (d) JCWGF
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, owl, fan, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFOG (b) OFBG (c) OGFB (d) GOFB
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every (c) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (d) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, parrot, nest? (a) Pink Nani Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Nani (c) Pink Crazy Nani (d) Nani Pink Crazy
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5261299065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 129 90065 (b) 526 299 065 (c) 521 629 9065 (d) 526 129 9065
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 4246652371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 424 665 3271 (b) 424 665 22371 (c) 424 665 2371 (d) 446 652 371
28. 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 656940332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 656 940 332 (b) 656 940 0332 (c) 659 640 332 (d) 656 940 32
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 977250964. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 977 250 964 (b) 977 205 964 (c) 977 725 0964 (d) 972 509 64
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, spoon, onion, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOWB (b) SBOW (c) BSOW (d) WOSB
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
38. 38.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, urn, pencil, ice cream, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIPUA (b) UAPIG (c) UPIGA (d) AUPIG
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 945102361. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 023 61 (b) 944 510 2361 (c) 495 102 361 (d) 945 102 361

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