Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 637 · 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 708606906. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 786 069 06 (b) 708 066 906 (c) 708 606 9906 (d) 708 606 906
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Seven (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Green Wins Seven
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jalebi, watch, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBWC (b) BJWC (c) CWJB (d) JWCB
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 361613271203. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3611 6132 71203 (b) 3616 1371 203 (c) 3661 1327 1203 (d) 3616 1327 1203
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly My Ants (b) Ants My Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps My Ants (d) Fly My Ants Jeeps
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, tiger, nest, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKNI (b) KTNI (c) INTK (d) TNIK
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, cat, ladder, anchor, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UALCG (b) GCLAU (c) CLAUG (d) CGLAU
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 389961621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 389 961 612 (b) 389 616 21 (c) 389 961 621 (d) 389 966 1621
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat (b) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (d) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, whistle, jeep, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJOC (b) CWJO (c) WCJO (d) OJWC
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 734631164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 746 311 64 (b) 773 463 1164 (c) 734 631 164 (d) 734 631 146
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, apple, kite? (a) Nani Aunty Kites (b) Kites Aunty Nani (c) Aunty Nani Kites (d) Aunty Kites Nani
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2477777519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 777 7519 (b) 224 777 77519 (c) 277 777 519 (d) 274 777 7519
27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 184043192116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1840 4319 2116 (b) 8140 4319 2116 (c) 1844 0431 92116 (d) 8404 3192 116
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, tent, sock? (a) Ants Toys Silly (b) Toys Ants Silly (c) Toys Silly Ants (d) Silly Toys Ants
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 119666261. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 119 666 261 (b) 119 666 2261 (c) 196 662 61 (d) 191 666 261
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, onion, cat, jalebi, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKCJA (b) KOCJA (c) OCJAK (d) AJCOK
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Cook (b) Eat Cook Cook Play (c) Eat Cook Play Cook (d) Cook Play Cook Eat
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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