Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 61 · 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 586847573. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 847 573 (b) 856 847 573 (c) 586 475 73 (d) 586 684 7573
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, monkey, ball? (a) Pink My Bakes (b) Bakes My Pink (c) My Pink Bakes (d) My Bakes Pink
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wise (c) Nani Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nani
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 681860908. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 681 860 0908 (b) 681 809 08 (c) 681 860 908 (d) 688 160 908
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5635352112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 563 553 2112 (b) 563 535 2112 (c) 563 535 21112 (d) 635 352 112
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, kettle, ice cream, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MKIO (b) KIOM (c) KMIO (d) OIKM
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, spoon, nest, apple, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CANSJ (b) SJNAC (c) SNACJ (d) JSNAC
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kettle, whistle, jug, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KUWJD (b) DJWKU (c) KWJDU (d) UKWJD
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Silly Red (c) Red Silly Lions Frogs (d) Silly Lions Frogs Red
23. 23.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wise Nani (b) Nani Every Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Every Nani (d) Every Nani Seven Wise
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 127088287. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 127 088 287 (b) 127 008 8287 (c) 217 088 287 (d) 127 082 87
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3002530687. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 300 253 0678 (b) 300 253 06687 (c) 300 253 687 (d) 300 253 0687
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, inkpot, tiger? (a) Ice Fly Toys (b) Ice Toys Fly (c) Toys Ice Fly (d) Fly Ice Toys
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, net, bucket, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBVP (b) VBNP (c) NPBV (d) PNBV
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 220968097. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 209 680 97 (b) 220 986 097 (c) 220 966 8097 (d) 220 968 097
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, banana, monkey, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMIG (b) BGMI (c) GBMI (d) IMBG
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 833073003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 833 073 00 (b) 833 077 3003 (c) 833 073 030 (d) 833 073 003
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, monkey, apple, umbrella, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUAML (b) MAUVL (c) MLAUV (d) LMAUV
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Goats (b) Goats Wet Silly (c) Wet Goats Silly (d) Wet Silly Goats
37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 751220217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 220 217 (b) 512 202 17 (c) 751 220 217 (d) 755 122 0217
40. 40.🔤 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

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