Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 569 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pencil, cat, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPCBN (b) PTCBN (c) PCBNT (d) NBCPT
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 302426848. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 302 246 848 (b) 304 268 48 (c) 302 426 848 (d) 302 422 6848
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (c) Jolly Funny Mum Ants (d) Funny Jolly Mum Ants
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, bucket, coconut, watch, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCWRG (b) RWCBG (c) GBCWR (d) BGCWR
5. 5.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, fan, drum? (a) Funny Dance Pigs (b) Dance Funny Pigs (c) Pigs Funny Dance (d) Funny Pigs Dance
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Eat (b) Love Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Love Pigs Aunty Eat (d) Eat Love Pigs Aunty
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 627815175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 627 851 75 (b) 627 781 5175 (c) 672 815 175 (d) 627 815 175
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 227253756. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 255 3756 (b) 227 253 756 (c) 222 753 756 (d) 222 537 56
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Lions Eat (b) Lions Eat Pink Ants (c) Lions Pink Ants Eat (d) Eat Lions Pink Ants
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, apple, flute? (a) Lions Aunty Funny (b) Aunty Funny Lions (c) Aunty Lions Funny (d) Funny Aunty Lions
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8233410448. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 823 341 0448 (b) 823 344 10448 (c) 823 341 044 (d) 832 341 0448
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, frog, tomato, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFTN (b) FTNR (c) FRTN (d) NTFR
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 2165703032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 750 3032 (b) 216 570 332 (c) 216 657 03032 (d) 216 570 3032
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, net, bucket? (a) Big Nani Lions (b) Nani Big Lions (c) Lions Nani Big (d) Nani Lions Big
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 473381907982. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4733 8119 07982 (b) 4373 8190 7982 (c) 4733 8190 7982 (d) 4733 8190 782
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Every Neat (d) Every Neat Silly Wise
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, rose, duck? (a) Red Dance Nine (b) Red Nine Dance (c) Dance Red Nine (d) Nine Red Dance
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Green (b) Wise Sing Green (c) Green Wise Sing (d) Wise Green Sing
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, mirror, banana? (a) Mice All Big (b) Big Mice All (c) All Mice Big (d) Mice Big All

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