Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 177 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 836792211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 836 922 11 (b) 836 792 121 (c) 836 679 2211 (d) 836 792 211
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 570145296921. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5701 4529 6921 (b) 5701 4529 691 (c) 5710 4529 6921 (d) 5570 1452 96921
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Frogs Red (b) Red Sing Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Red (d) Sing Red Lions Frogs
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 953085344339. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5930 8534 4339 (b) 9530 8534 4339 (c) 9530 8544 339 (d) 9530 8534 44339
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 9183077555. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 330 77555 (b) 918 307 7555 (c) 918 307 5755 (d) 918 307 755
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pink Ants (b) Every Lazy Pink Ants (c) Lazy Pink Ants Every (d) Ants Pink Lazy Every
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, tiger, net? (a) Toys Play Nine (b) Play Toys Nine (c) Nine Toys Play (d) Toys Nine Play
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 282713990382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2271 3990 382 (b) 2827 1399 0382 (c) 2827 1399 3082 (d) 2827 1399 03822
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Pink Crazy (c) Every Crazy Crazy Pink (d) Crazy Every Pink Crazy
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, radio, cat? (a) Rani Mum Cats (b) Mum Rani Cats (c) Rani Cats Mum (d) Cats Rani Mum
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 838616730184. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8386 1673 0184 (b) 8386 1730 184 (c) 8836 1673 0184 (d) 8386 1673 01884
28. 28.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, cat, violin, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVOM (b) MCVO (c) OVCM (d) CMVO
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, bucket, mirror? (a) My Bunny Fly (b) Bunny My Fly (c) Bunny Fly My (d) Fly Bunny My
32. 32.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Love Every (b) Love Pink All Every (c) Love Every Pink All (d) Every Love Pink All
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, candle, drum? (a) Cats Toys Dance (b) Toys Cats Dance (c) Cats Dance Toys (d) Dance Cats Toys
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 791428832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 428 832 (b) 714 288 32 (c) 791 428 8322 (d) 791 428 832

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