Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 576 · 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 594609541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 596 095 41 (b) 594 609 541 (c) 594 609 451 (d) 594 609 5411
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, flute, banana? (a) Frogs Big Goats (b) Goats Frogs Big (c) Big Frogs Goats (d) Frogs Goats Big
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 613478107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 613 478 107 (b) 613 347 8107 (c) 613 471 807 (d) 634 781 07
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, umbrella, apple? (a) Jeeps Up Aunty (b) Up Aunty Jeeps (c) Up Jeeps Aunty (d) Aunty Up Jeeps
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lions Frogs (b) Red Seven Lions Frogs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Red (d) Frogs Lions Seven Red
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 154208028615. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1542 0082 8615 (b) 1542 0802 28615 (c) 1542 0802 8615 (d) 5420 8028 615
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, onion, umbrella, pillow, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGUPM (b) MPUOG (c) GOUPM (d) OUPMG
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 849408704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 849 407 04 (b) 844 940 8704 (c) 849 408 740 (d) 849 408 704
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4582030894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 458 203 08894 (b) 458 203 0894 (c) 582 030 894 (d) 458 203 0984
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Wins Silly Grab
22. 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, urn, onion? (a) Owls Uncle Inside (b) Inside Uncle Owls (c) Uncle Inside Owls (d) Uncle Owls Inside
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Funny (b) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (c) Silly Runs Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Silly Runs
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (b) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 153211326116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1532 1136 2116 (b) 1532 1326 116 (c) 1532 1132 6116 (d) 1532 2113 26116
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, candle, violin? (a) Very Cook Kids (b) Kids Cook Very (c) Cook Kids Very (d) Cook Very Kids
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 469752183732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4697 5218 3372 (b) 4697 5218 3732 (c) 4697 5183 732 (d) 4697 5221 83732
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 8603767971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 860 376 7971 (b) 860 376 797 (c) 860 376 79971 (d) 860 736 7971
35. 35.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9473590622. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 359 0622 (b) 947 350 622 (c) 947 735 90622 (d) 947 350 9622
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 5861956821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 195 6821 (b) 586 195 8621 (c) 561 956 821 (d) 586 195 56821
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, pencil, apple? (a) Ants Play Wise (b) Play Wise Ants (c) Play Ants Wise (d) Wise Play Ants
39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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