Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 47 · 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 540486843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 504 486 843 (b) 540 048 6843 (c) 540 486 843 (d) 544 868 43
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 8561620911. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 851 662 0911 (b) 856 162 0911 (c) 861 620 911 (d) 856 162 09911
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, radio, pencil? (a) Rani Owls Pink (b) Owls Rani Pink (c) Rani Pink Owls (d) Pink Rani Owls
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, cat, pillow, inkpot, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACPIR (b) CPIRA (c) CAPIR (d) RIPCA
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, vase, orange? (a) Old Vans Play (b) Vans Old Play (c) Vans Play Old (d) Play Vans Old
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, banana, watch? (a) Bakes Wise Lions (b) Wise Bakes Lions (c) Bakes Lions Wise (d) Lions Bakes Wise
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, van, tomato, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITVC (b) VTIC (c) VCTI (d) CVTI
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum All Jump (b) Jump Frogs Mum All (c) All Mum Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Jump Mum All
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 387454220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 387 454 220 (b) 387 454 2220 (c) 387 452 20 (d) 387 544 220
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, onion, goat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COGD (b) OGDC (c) DGOC (d) OCGD
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 3653967620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 365 396 720 (b) 365 539 67620 (c) 365 396 7620 (d) 363 596 7620
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 752907710294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7529 0771 0294 (b) 7529 0771 10294 (c) 7529 0771 094 (d) 7529 0771 0249
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 808407711. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 808 407 711 (b) 808 047 711 (c) 808 400 7711 (d) 808 407 71
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 9609595101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 095 95101 (b) 960 959 1501 (c) 960 959 510 (d) 960 959 5101
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
29. 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Sing (b) Wise Green Sing (c) Sing Wise Green (d) Wise Sing Green
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Every (b) Every Cats Play Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Play (d) Cats Every Play Cats
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Cats (d) Crazy Pink Cats Every
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, lamp, goat, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLGV (b) LTGV (c) VGLT (d) LGVT
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 208145425. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 454 25 (b) 208 145 4225 (c) 208 145 425 (d) 201 845 425
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 359694015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 359 694 105 (b) 359 969 4015 (c) 359 690 15 (d) 359 694 015

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