Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 945 · 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 the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wet (b) Neat Eat Seven Wet (c) Eat Seven Wet Neat (d) Wet Seven Eat Neat
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 447418001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 447 411 8001 (b) 447 481 001 (c) 447 418 001 (d) 447 418 00
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, tomato, banana? (a) Jeeps Tea Bakes (b) Bakes Tea Jeeps (c) Tea Bakes Jeeps (d) Tea Jeeps Bakes
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Sing Wins (b) Wins Sing Eight Neat (c) Eight Sing Wins Neat (d) Neat Eight Sing Wins
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Pink Cats (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Eight Pink Cats
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, candle, doll? (a) Crazy Seven Dogs (b) Seven Crazy Dogs (c) Crazy Dogs Seven (d) Dogs Crazy Seven
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, pencil, kite, onion, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNKOU (b) PKOUN (c) NPKOU (d) UOKPN
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, needle, pencil, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPNC (b) NCPF (c) CNPF (d) NPFC
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, ant, igloo, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARIP (b) PIAR (c) AIPR (d) RAIP
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 730411239174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3041 1239 174 (b) 7034 1123 9174 (c) 7304 1123 9174 (d) 7304 4112 39174
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 318234290099. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3318 2342 90099 (b) 3823 4290 099 (c) 3182 3420 9099 (d) 3182 3429 0099
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 281026815570. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2810 2681 5750 (b) 2810 2681 570 (c) 2811 0268 15570 (d) 2810 2681 5570
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
28. 28.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Every Nani (b) Nani Every Seven Wet (c) Every Nani Seven Wet (d) Every Seven Wet Nani
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 409169299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 409 169 29 (b) 440 916 9299 (c) 409 169 299 (d) 401 969 299
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Funny Red (b) Funny Lazy Seven Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Funny (d) Red Seven Lazy Funny
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 736684689195. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7736 6846 89195 (b) 7368 4689 195 (c) 7366 4868 9195 (d) 7366 8468 9195
39. 39.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 4000035792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 003 5792 (b) 040 003 5792 (c) 400 003 572 (d) 400 003 57992

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