Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 400 · 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 2770078950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 078 950 (b) 277 007 8950 (c) 277 007 78950 (d) 277 070 8950
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 836562574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 836 625 74 (b) 836 556 2574 (c) 836 652 574 (d) 836 562 574
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 933518008534. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9351 8008 534 (b) 9335 1800 8534 (c) 9333 5180 08534 (d) 9335 1080 8534
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, kite, ladder, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKLB (b) KLBO (c) KOLB (d) BLKO
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, whistle, bucket? (a) Wet Jolly Big (b) Jolly Wet Big (c) Big Wet Jolly (d) Wet Big Jolly
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 2609602221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 269 602 221 (b) 266 096 02221 (c) 260 962 0221 (d) 260 960 2221
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Sing Wise Grab (c) Grab Wise Sing (d) Wise Grab Sing
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Wins Goats Silly (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Silly Wins Goats
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 296640263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 296 640 26 (b) 296 640 623 (c) 296 664 0263 (d) 296 640 263
15. 15.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 167561392290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1676 1392 290 (b) 1675 6139 22900 (c) 1675 6139 2290 (d) 6175 6139 2290
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Love Frogs Rani (b) Frogs Love Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Love Frogs (d) Rani Seven Love Frogs
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 7556802210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 575 680 2210 (b) 756 802 210 (c) 755 680 2210 (d) 755 568 02210
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 8283149207. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 828 314 92007 (b) 828 314 9270 (c) 283 149 207 (d) 828 314 9207
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, mirror, candle? (a) Mum Cats Silly (b) Mum Silly Cats (c) Silly Mum Cats (d) Cats Mum Silly
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, radio, tent? (a) Rani Kites Toys (b) Rani Toys Kites (c) Kites Rani Toys (d) Toys Rani Kites
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 943903958970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9439 0359 8970 (b) 9430 3958 970 (c) 9439 9039 58970 (d) 9439 0395 8970
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, tent, cat? (a) Aunty Tea Cook (b) Tea Cook Aunty (c) Cook Tea Aunty (d) Tea Aunty Cook
28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 998121446521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9981 2144 6251 (b) 9981 2144 66521 (c) 9981 2144 6521 (d) 9981 2144 651
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ice cream, umbrella? (a) Inside Under My (b) Inside My Under (c) My Inside Under (d) Under Inside My
34. 34.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, onion, frog? (a) Only Dance Fly (b) Fly Only Dance (c) Only Fly Dance (d) Dance Only Fly
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink Ants (b) Ants Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pink Ants (d) Lions Pink Ants Every
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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