Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 252 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 115746983. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 151 746 983 (b) 115 574 6983 (c) 115 469 83 (d) 115 746 983
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 9661827926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 618 27926 (b) 961 827 926 (c) 966 182 7926 (d) 966 128 7926
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, van, parrot? (a) Vans Pink Mice (b) Pink Vans Mice (c) Mice Vans Pink (d) Vans Mice Pink
5. 5.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Aunty (b) Eat Lions Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Eat (d) Aunty Play Lions Eat
9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 805595293. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 805 592 93 (b) 805 559 5293 (c) 805 595 293 (d) 085 595 293
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, lamp, ball, inkpot, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUBID (b) LBIDU (c) DIBLU (d) ULBID
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wise Nani (b) Wise Seven Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Seven Wise (d) Nani Eight Seven Wise
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, fan, apple? (a) Ants Frogs Tiny (b) Tiny Frogs Ants (c) Frogs Tiny Ants (d) Frogs Ants Tiny
23. 23.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 155673226. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 155 673 226 (b) 556 732 26 (c) 155 637 226 (d) 155 673 3226
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 378397282342. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3783 9728 232 (b) 3783 9728 3242 (c) 3783 3972 82342 (d) 3783 9728 2342
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, fan, pencil, ice cream, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIPFS (b) FSPIU (c) FPIUS (d) SFPIU
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ant, coconut? (a) Cats Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Aunty Cats (c) Aunty Jeeps Cats (d) Aunty Cats Jeeps
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Seven Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Fly (d) Seven Lazy Fly Red
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 8816095046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 609 5046 (b) 881 609 546 (c) 886 109 5046 (d) 881 660 95046
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 619115152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 611 915 152 (b) 619 115 152 (c) 619 115 1152 (d) 619 115 15
38. 38.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise

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