Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 573 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, flute, key, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFKAD (b) AKFTD (c) DTFKA (d) TDFKA
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 476251209903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4762 5102 9903 (b) 4762 5120 9903 (c) 4762 5109 903 (d) 4762 5120 99033
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7644780490. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 764 478 00490 (b) 764 478 0490 (c) 746 478 0490 (d) 744 780 490
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Jump Mice Aunty (c) Frogs Mice Aunty Jump (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jump
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, bucket, key? (a) Mice Big Kids (b) Big Mice Kids (c) Big Kids Mice (d) Kids Big Mice
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, lamp, onion, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOLC (b) LONC (c) LCON (d) CLON
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (b) Fly Mice Ants Jolly (c) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (d) Fly Jolly Mice Ants
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 879290949. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 290 99 (b) 879 290 994 (c) 879 290 949 (d) 879 229 0949
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 687925544. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 687 992 5544 (b) 687 925 54 (c) 687 952 544 (d) 687 925 544
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 877681785246. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8778 1785 246 (b) 8776 8178 5246 (c) 8776 8178 5426 (d) 8777 6817 85246
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 223770027334. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2223 7700 27334 (b) 2237 7002 3734 (c) 2237 7002 7334 (d) 2237 7002 734
21. 21.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 271383991. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 383 991 (b) 217 383 991 (c) 277 138 3991 (d) 271 339 91
29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, watch, lemon, parrot, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLPCN (b) NWLPC (c) CPLWN (d) WNLPC
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, ice cream, sock? (a) Ink Cats Sing (b) Cats Ink Sing (c) Ink Sing Cats (d) Sing Ink Cats
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, duck, mango, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDMB (b) DNMB (c) BMDN (d) DMBN
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 236200007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 200 070 (b) 236 200 07 (c) 236 200 0007 (d) 236 200 007
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 457107455827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4557 1074 55827 (b) 4571 0745 5827 (c) 4571 0745 827 (d) 4571 0754 5827
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, glass, apple? (a) Green All Frogs (b) Green Frogs All (c) All Green Frogs (d) Frogs Green All
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 368924852995. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3689 2485 9295 (b) 3689 2485 995 (c) 3689 2488 52995 (d) 3689 2485 2995

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