Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 977 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, whistle, mirror, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWMV (b) VMWI (c) WMVI (d) WIMV
5. 5.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (d) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 854510549232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8545 1054 2932 (b) 8545 1054 9232 (c) 8554 5105 49232 (d) 8545 1549 232
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Seven Wins Goats
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 206135127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 260 135 127 (b) 206 135 127 (c) 206 135 17 (d) 206 113 5127
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 257620566. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 762 0566 (b) 257 620 566 (c) 275 620 566 (d) 276 205 66
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Fly Red (b) Silly Red Lazy Fly (c) Red Silly Lazy Fly (d) Fly Lazy Silly Red
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 4950172147. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 495 017 2147 (b) 495 071 2147 (c) 495 501 72147 (d) 495 072 147
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, fan, tomato, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGTD (b) GFTD (c) DTFG (d) FTDG
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 841968258215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8419 6825 8125 (b) 8841 9682 58215 (c) 8419 6825 8215 (d) 8496 8258 215
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, mango, cat, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMCK (b) MCKB (c) KCMB (d) MBCK
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, apple, onion, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOAV (b) VAOT (c) AVOT (d) AOTV

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