Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 609 · 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.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 715593931727. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7155 9393 1772 (b) 7155 9393 1727 (c) 7155 9393 177 (d) 7115 5939 31727
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Seven Red (c) Red Seven Love Frogs (d) Seven Love Frogs Red
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Aunty Jolly (b) Aunty My Fly Jolly (c) Fly Jolly My Aunty (d) Jolly Fly My Aunty
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, jug, lemon? (a) Mum Jeeps Love (b) Jeeps Love Mum (c) Jeeps Mum Love (d) Love Jeeps Mum
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Seven
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, goat, banana? (a) Grab Bakes Nani (b) Bakes Grab Nani (c) Grab Nani Bakes (d) Nani Grab Bakes
15. 15.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, umbrella, parrot? (a) Uncle Kind Play (b) Uncle Play Kind (c) Play Uncle Kind (d) Kind Uncle Play
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, bucket, whistle, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWBO (b) BOWJ (c) BWJO (d) OBWJ
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 924044888034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9240 4488 8304 (b) 9224 0448 88034 (c) 9240 4488 8034 (d) 9404 4888 034
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, kettle, mango? (a) Kind Uncle My (b) Uncle Kind My (c) Kind My Uncle (d) My Kind Uncle
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 961694297. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 961 694 2297 (b) 961 692 497 (c) 961 694 297 (d) 961 642 97
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 698517252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 698 517 252 (b) 698 517 7252 (c) 968 517 252 (d) 698 512 52
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Rani (b) Silly Rani Love Funny (c) Rani Silly Love Funny (d) Silly Love Funny Rani
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1717666403. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 117 766 6403 (b) 171 766 64403 (c) 171 766 6403 (d) 177 666 403
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 720812736. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 720 812 736 (b) 720 812 7736 (c) 208 127 36 (d) 702 812 736
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, duck, radio, glass, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGRDL (b) DLRGU (c) DRGUL (d) LDRGU
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 546451362. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 546 513 62 (b) 456 451 362 (c) 546 645 1362 (d) 546 451 362
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 109920782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 109 902 782 (b) 110 992 0782 (c) 109 927 82 (d) 109 920 782
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 214089164126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2140 8916 4126 (b) 2140 8964 126 (c) 2114 0891 64126 (d) 2140 8916 1426
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE

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