Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 121 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Wins Goats Seven
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Pigs Crazy (c) Cook Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Cook Eight Pigs Crazy
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, net, frog? (a) Neat Fly Aunty (b) Neat Aunty Fly (c) Aunty Neat Fly (d) Fly Neat Aunty
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 873978041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 873 978 041 (b) 873 978 0041 (c) 837 978 041 (d) 873 980 41
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 621974240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 794 240 (b) 621 974 240 (c) 621 972 40 (d) 621 974 2400
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ball, tiger, flute, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRTFS (b) BTFSR (c) RBTFS (d) SFTBR
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, apple, banana, umbrella, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWBUG (b) GUBAW (c) ABUGW (d) WABUG
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mum All (b) Frogs Mum All Jump (c) All Mum Frogs Jump (d) Jump Frogs Mum All
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
14. 14.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 3952491965. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 395 249 1965 (b) 392 491 965 (c) 395 249 1956 (d) 395 524 91965
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
17. 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2561542957. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 654 2957 (b) 256 615 42957 (c) 256 154 2957 (d) 256 154 957
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
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) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 768700756. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 768 700 765 (b) 768 707 56 (c) 776 870 0756 (d) 768 700 756
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 8151373580. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 815 137 5380 (b) 881 513 73580 (c) 815 173 580 (d) 815 137 3580
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 9487009301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 700 9301 (b) 948 700 9301 (c) 948 700 93001 (d) 948 009 301
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 826559052187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8256 5905 2187 (b) 8265 5052 187 (c) 8265 5905 52187 (d) 8265 5905 2187
30. 30.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8343993037. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 834 399 93037 (b) 343 993 037 (c) 834 399 3037 (d) 834 399 3073
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pigs All (b) Lions Pigs All Eat (c) Eat Lions Pigs All (d) All Pigs Lions Eat
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 134213607903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1342 1360 7903 (b) 1342 1360 77903 (c) 1342 1360 703 (d) 1342 1306 7903
36. 36.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 345500140487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3455 5001 40487 (b) 3455 0010 487 (c) 3455 0014 0487 (d) 3455 0014 4087
39. 39.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9154005763. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 914 500 5763 (b) 915 400 55763 (c) 915 400 5763 (d) 915 405 763

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