Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 241 · 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 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 213754009572. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2137 5400 9572 (b) 2175 4009 572 (c) 2137 5409 0572 (d) 2213 7540 09572
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, ladder, apple? (a) Frogs Lions All (b) Lions Frogs All (c) All Lions Frogs (d) Lions All Frogs
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (b) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (c) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (d) Fly Jump Mum Aunty
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Seven Goats
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Grab (b) Wins Seven Grab (c) Wins Grab Seven (d) Grab Wins Seven
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 308378757. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 308 378 757 (b) 308 787 57 (c) 308 337 8757 (d) 303 878 757
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, pillow, watch, ball, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBWPF (b) FPWBC (c) PWBCF (d) PFWBC
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (c) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (d) Cook Eight Pigs Cook
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Nani Every Sing Wise (c) Every Sing Wise Nani (d) Wise Sing Every Nani
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, jug, tomato? (a) Tiny Jump Dogs (b) Dogs Jump Tiny (c) Jump Tiny Dogs (d) Jump Dogs Tiny
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, doll, rope? (a) Dogs Cook Red (b) Dogs Red Cook (c) Red Dogs Cook (d) Cook Dogs Red
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 846016449. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 846 016 449 (b) 846 016 4449 (c) 846 164 49 (d) 864 016 449
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, watch, owl? (a) Wise Lazy Owls (b) Owls Wise Lazy (c) Lazy Wise Owls (d) Wise Owls Lazy
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 575022363220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5750 0223 63220 (b) 7550 2236 3220 (c) 7502 2363 220 (d) 5750 2236 3220
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 259722984. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 259 722 984 (b) 259 722 98 (c) 259 272 984 (d) 259 722 9884
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, wallet, doll, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDWA (b) AWDS (c) WDSA (d) WADS
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, onion, coconut? (a) Only Toys Crazy (b) Toys Only Crazy (c) Only Crazy Toys (d) Crazy Only Toys
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Green (b) Wise Green Silly (c) Silly Wise Green (d) Green Wise Silly
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 313575710. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 575 710 (b) 313 575 7110 (c) 313 755 710 (d) 313 575 10
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, ball, jeep? (a) Jump Big Funny (b) Big Funny Jump (c) Funny Big Jump (d) Big Jump Funny
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Frogs Red (b) Frogs Lions Seven Red (c) Red Seven Lions Frogs (d) Seven Red Lions Frogs

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