Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 284 · 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 914940915. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 914 940 15 (b) 914 940 915 (c) 914 494 0915 (d) 914 949 015
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wins (b) Nani Eight Seven Wins (c) Eight Seven Wins Nani (d) Wins Seven Eight Nani
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 474063369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 440 633 69 (b) 474 063 369 (c) 470 463 369 (d) 477 406 3369
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, shoe, coconut? (a) Seven Ants Cats (b) Seven Cats Ants (c) Cats Seven Ants (d) Ants Seven Cats
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7023152771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 135 2771 (b) 702 315 271 (c) 702 315 27771 (d) 702 315 2771
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 443166249. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 166 429 (b) 443 162 49 (c) 444 316 6249 (d) 443 166 249
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 8130482615. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 813 048 2165 (b) 813 304 82615 (c) 830 482 615 (d) 813 048 2615
24. 24.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 381166897. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 166 897 (b) 381 168 697 (c) 381 668 97 (d) 381 116 6897
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, owl, radio? (a) Runs Old Kites (b) Old Runs Kites (c) Kites Old Runs (d) Old Kites Runs
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 288839529. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 288 839 59 (b) 288 839 529 (c) 288 389 529 (d) 288 839 5299
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Sing Wet (b) Eight Sing Wet Nani (c) Wet Sing Eight Nani (d) Nani Eight Sing Wet
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, doll, lemon, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDLM (b) DLMU (c) MLDU (d) DULM
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, kite, van? (a) Mice Kites Very (b) Very Kites Mice (c) Kites Mice Very (d) Kites Very Mice
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Grab (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Silly Wins Grab
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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