Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 964 · 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.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 9693605285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 963 605 285 (b) 969 360 52285 (c) 969 360 5285 (d) 969 630 5285
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My Aunty (b) Jolly Fly My Aunty (c) Fly My Aunty Jolly (d) Aunty My Fly Jolly
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
8. 8.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, orange, doll, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFDG (b) GDOF (c) ODGF (d) FODG
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 470928009. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 982 009 (b) 470 980 09 (c) 470 928 8009 (d) 470 928 009
11. 11.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5028199110. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 819 91100 (b) 502 819 9110 (c) 502 819 1910 (d) 528 199 110
13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 178214649552. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1782 4164 9552 (b) 1782 1649 552 (c) 1782 1464 9552 (d) 1178 2146 49552
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (b) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (c) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Sing Rani
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 623340148. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 622 334 0148 (b) 633 401 48 (c) 623 340 148 (d) 623 341 048
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Every (c) Cook Every Play Crazy (d) Cook Play Crazy Every
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, flute, orange, radio, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LROFU (b) FORLU (c) FUORL (d) UFORL
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (c) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eight
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Fly Jeeps (b) Jeeps Fly Mum All (c) Fly Jeeps Mum All (d) Fly Mum All Jeeps
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 130309199699. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1330 9199 699 (b) 1303 0919 9969 (c) 1303 0919 9699 (d) 1330 3091 99699
36. 36.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Eight Nani (c) Eight Silly Wins Nani (d) Nani Eight Silly Wins
39. 39.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam

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