Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 456 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
3. 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, goat, drum? (a) Dad Grab Neat (b) Grab Dad Neat (c) Neat Grab Dad (d) Grab Neat Dad
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 307207805743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3027 0780 5743 (b) 3072 0780 5743 (c) 3072 0785 743 (d) 3072 2078 05743
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Nani (b) Every Nani Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Every Nani (d) Nani Every Seven Wet
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
9. 9.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — 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) Wins Sing Goats (b) Goats Wins Sing (c) Wins Goats Sing (d) Sing Wins Goats
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 910274502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 910 274 502 (b) 910 027 4502 (c) 910 275 02 (d) 910 724 502
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, rose, onion, mango, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNOMG (b) GMORN (c) NROMG (d) ROMGN
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 297136125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 297 361 25 (b) 297 136 125 (c) 297 136 6125 (d) 297 163 125
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2266573675. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 657 3675 (b) 226 653 675 (c) 226 657 3675 (d) 226 655 73675
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, guava, lamp, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMLW (b) WLGM (c) GLWM (d) MGLW
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mice Aunty (b) Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Mice Aunty Jolly
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 8645047370. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 864 547 370 (b) 866 450 47370 (c) 864 504 7370 (d) 865 404 7370
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, fan, igloo, doll, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMIDW (b) WDIFM (c) MFIDW (d) FIDWM
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 246749085801. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2467 7490 85801 (b) 4267 4908 5801 (c) 2467 4908 5801 (d) 2467 4908 501
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, umpire, kite, lemon, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAKLS (b) SLKUA (c) AUKLS (d) UKLSA
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 945390937. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 945 390 97 (b) 945 390 9937 (c) 945 309 937 (d) 945 390 937
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 387206922236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3872 0692 2236 (b) 3720 6922 236 (c) 3872 0692 2326 (d) 3872 2069 22236
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 911639675244. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1163 9675 244 (b) 9116 3976 5244 (c) 9116 3967 5244 (d) 9116 3966 75244
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 5984677383. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 598 467 77383 (b) 584 677 383 (c) 598 467 7383 (d) 594 867 7383
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Goats Wise Sing (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Wise Sing Goats
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Play Aunty (b) Lions Eight Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Eight (d) Aunty Play Lions Eight
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme

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