Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 264 · 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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, tomato, owl? (a) Toys Owls Mum (b) Toys Mum Owls (c) Mum Toys Owls (d) Owls Toys Mum
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 604475112596. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6447 5112 596 (b) 6044 7511 12596 (c) 6044 5711 2596 (d) 6044 7511 2596
4. 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 377220331726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3772 0331 726 (b) 3772 2003 31726 (c) 3772 2033 1726 (d) 3772 2033 1762
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, jalebi, violin, owl, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJVOF (b) FOVJK (c) JKVOF (d) JVOFK
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, sock, nest, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNSP (b) SNRP (c) SPNR (d) PSNR
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Seven Wins Green
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Pink Cats (d) Crazy Pink Cats Eat
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 692328069. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 232 8069 (b) 692 328 069 (c) 692 380 69 (d) 629 328 069
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 349078253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 078 253 (b) 390 782 53 (c) 439 078 253 (d) 344 907 8253
22. 22.🧰 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) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 118294108123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1182 9410 812 (b) 1189 2410 8123 (c) 1118 2941 08123 (d) 1182 9410 8123
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wise Nine (b) Wise Seven Every Nine (c) Nine Every Seven Wise (d) Every Nine Seven Wise
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 107958001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 107 958 01 (b) 107 958 0001 (c) 109 758 001 (d) 107 958 001
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Goats (b) Wins Goats Sing (c) Sing Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Sing
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Every (b) Lions Pink Aunty Every (c) Lions Every Pink Aunty (d) Every Lions Pink Aunty
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 987500576171. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9875 0005 76171 (b) 9875 0057 611 (c) 9857 0057 6171 (d) 9875 0057 6171
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 833004684. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 883 300 4684 (b) 833 004 864 (c) 833 004 64 (d) 833 004 684
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 2867638057. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 286 766 38057 (b) 286 763 8057 (c) 286 763 057 (d) 286 763 0857
40. 40.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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