Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 693 · 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 989271433512. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9827 1433 512 (b) 9892 7143 3512 (c) 9982 7143 3512 (d) 9892 7714 33512
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 7740058027. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 774 005 8027 (b) 774 005 8072 (c) 740 058 027 (d) 774 005 80227
3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, needle, goat, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGOD (b) OGND (c) DNGO (d) NDGO
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wise Nani (b) Eight Nani Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Eight Nani (d) Nani Eight Seven Wise
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Seven Wise (b) Every Seven Wise Nani (c) Wise Seven Every Nani (d) Every Nani Seven Wise
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, lemon, jug? (a) Cats Lazy Jolly (b) Jolly Lazy Cats (c) Lazy Cats Jolly (d) Lazy Jolly Cats
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 169589543. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 169 589 54 (b) 169 958 9543 (c) 196 589 543 (d) 169 589 543
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, goat, vase? (a) Very Grab Kites (b) Grab Very Kites (c) Grab Kites Very (d) Kites Grab Very
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, lamp, banana, umpire, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLBUV (b) VUBLF (c) LBUVF (d) LFBUV
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3996920610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 692 010 (b) 399 699 20610 (c) 399 690 2610 (d) 399 692 0610
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 128087334. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 128 087 34 (b) 112 808 7334 (c) 128 087 334 (d) 182 087 334
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play All Eat (b) All Play Love Eat (c) Love Eat Play All (d) Eat Love Play All
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 188033113. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 188 033 13 (b) 188 033 131 (c) 188 033 113 (d) 188 033 3113
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, banana, ladder, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWLD (b) BLDW (c) WBLD (d) DLBW
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, parrot, guava, key, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFGKJ (b) PGKJF (c) JKGPF (d) FPGKJ
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Cats (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eight
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 997355536828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9973 5553 828 (b) 9973 5553 6828 (c) 9973 5553 8628 (d) 9973 5555 36828
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab

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