Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 152 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mice Ants
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (c) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (d) Runs Seven Lazy Fly
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 877267379277. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8772 6673 79277 (b) 8776 2737 9277 (c) 7726 7379 277 (d) 8772 6737 9277
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs All Eat (b) All Pigs Lions Eat (c) Eat Lions Pigs All (d) Lions Eat Pigs All
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, needle, ball? (a) Bakes Nani Wise (b) Wise Nani Bakes (c) Nani Wise Bakes (d) Nani Bakes Wise
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 505592689. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 559 2689 (b) 505 592 89 (c) 505 592 689 (d) 505 529 689
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, monkey, flute, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDFR (b) RFMD (c) MFRD (d) DMFR
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps Mice Aunty (d) Fly Mice Aunty Jeeps
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Love Fly (b) Sing Love Fly Rani (c) Sing Rani Love Fly (d) Fly Love Sing Rani
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 5108371932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 510 837 1932 (b) 510 837 9132 (c) 510 837 19322 (d) 510 371 932
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 480111480576. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4801 1114 80576 (b) 4801 1140 8576 (c) 4801 1148 0576 (d) 4801 1180 576
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Crazy (b) Cats Play Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cats Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cats Eat
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (b) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (c) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (d) Sing Lazy Fly Rani
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 742647134. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 746 247 134 (b) 742 671 34 (c) 742 647 134 (d) 774 264 7134
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, onion, anchor? (a) Ants Owls Kind (b) Kind Owls Ants (c) Owls Ants Kind (d) Owls Kind Ants
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8437506406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 843 750 606 (b) 843 756 0406 (c) 843 750 64066 (d) 843 750 6406
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 896060109900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9860 6010 9900 (b) 8960 6010 9900 (c) 8960 6011 09900 (d) 8960 0109 900
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4094362992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 409 436 2992 (b) 440 943 62992 (c) 409 346 2992 (d) 409 436 292
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Ants (b) Jolly Fly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (d) Fly Mum Ants Jolly
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6217330234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 621 733 024 (b) 621 173 30234 (c) 612 733 0234 (d) 621 733 0234
38. 38.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Aunty Jump (b) Jump Frogs Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Jump Mum Aunty

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