Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 387 · 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 2183242602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 218 324 26602 (b) 218 324 202 (c) 218 324 2602 (d) 281 324 2602
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (d) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 425732230284. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4255 7322 30284 (b) 4273 2230 284 (c) 4257 3223 0284 (d) 4527 3223 0284
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 205858259. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 205 582 59 (b) 205 858 259 (c) 205 855 8259 (d) 205 885 259
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 262844100032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2628 4410 032 (b) 2628 4410 0032 (c) 2628 4441 00032 (d) 2628 4140 0032
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Seven Wet Nani (c) Nani Eat Seven Wet (d) Eat Nani Seven Wet
7. 7.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5896159837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 859 615 9837 (b) 589 661 59837 (c) 589 615 9837 (d) 896 159 837
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, vase, anchor? (a) Very Cats Aunty (b) Cats Very Aunty (c) Aunty Very Cats (d) Very Aunty Cats
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Love Frogs (b) Silly Red Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Silly Red (d) Silly Love Frogs Red
13. 13.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, igloo, jug, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIJR (b) RJIG (c) IJRG (d) IGJR
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 285236052. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 285 236 05 (b) 288 523 6052 (c) 285 236 052 (d) 285 236 502
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, ice cream, net? (a) Ink Nani Rani (b) Ink Rani Nani (c) Rani Ink Nani (d) Nani Ink Rani
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, umbrella, needle? (a) Jeeps Up Neat (b) Up Neat Jeeps (c) Neat Up Jeeps (d) Up Jeeps Neat
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Play Cook (b) Every Cook Cook Play (c) Cook Play Cook Every (d) Every Cook Play Cook
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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 699560003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 699 560 003 (b) 699 560 0033 (c) 699 560 03 (d) 695 960 003
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 635296103339. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6352 6910 3339 (b) 6352 9610 3339 (c) 6352 9611 03339 (d) 6352 9603 339
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (b) Eat Cats Pigs Cats (c) Cats Eat Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cats Eat
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, sock, igloo, kite, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJIKN (b) JSIKN (c) NKISJ (d) SIKNJ
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 126567352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 126 567 352 (b) 162 567 352 (c) 126 556 7352 (d) 126 567 52
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, nest, coconut, violin, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNCVA (b) NJCVA (c) NCVAJ (d) AVCNJ
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 662558052000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6625 5802 000 (b) 6625 5805 20000 (c) 6625 5805 2000 (d) 6265 5805 2000
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Seven (b) Seven Wins Grab (c) Wins Seven Grab (d) Wins Grab Seven
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, pencil, owl, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOPD (b) PDOF (c) DPOF (d) POFD
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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