Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 636 · 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 6261940045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 626 199 40045 (b) 626 194 0045 (c) 662 194 0045 (d) 626 190 045
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, spoon, orange? (a) Runs Silly Old (b) Silly Old Runs (c) Silly Runs Old (d) Old Silly Runs
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9035575970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 990 355 75970 (b) 905 575 970 (c) 903 557 9570 (d) 903 557 5970
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, orange, flute? (a) Kind Old Funny (b) Old Funny Kind (c) Old Kind Funny (d) Funny Old Kind
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, vase, shoe? (a) Silly Vines Cats (b) Cats Vines Silly (c) Vines Cats Silly (d) Vines Silly Cats
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 914701540. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 914 701 5440 (b) 914 701 40 (c) 914 701 540 (d) 914 710 540
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Silly (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Silly
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, shoe, urn? (a) Seven Up Kids (b) Up Seven Kids (c) Kids Seven Up (d) Seven Kids Up
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, urn, pencil? (a) Neat Up Pigs (b) Up Neat Pigs (c) Pigs Up Neat (d) Up Pigs Neat
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 280559795. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 280 559 79 (b) 280 559 795 (c) 280 559 759 (d) 280 559 7995
23. 23.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1563718327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 156 337 18327 (b) 156 371 8327 (c) 156 371 837 (d) 156 371 8372
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ball, wallet, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWVU (b) UBWV (c) BUWV (d) VWBU
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Grab (b) Seven Wins Grab (c) Wins Grab Seven (d) Grab Wins Seven
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, apple, shoe? (a) Crazy Aunty Silly (b) Aunty Silly Crazy (c) Aunty Crazy Silly (d) Silly Aunty Crazy
34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Ants (b) Ants Pink Love Every (c) Love Pink Ants Every (d) Every Love Pink Ants
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 102658661. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 102 655 8661 (b) 102 656 61 (c) 102 658 616 (d) 102 658 661
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 942782404187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4278 2404 187 (b) 9442 7824 04187 (c) 9427 8240 4187 (d) 9472 8240 4187
39. 39.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3984117322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 398 411 7322 (b) 398 411 732 (c) 398 411 3722 (d) 339 841 17322

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