Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 71 · 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 416581190347. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4165 8119 037 (b) 4165 8119 0347 (c) 4165 8811 90347 (d) 1465 8119 0347
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 253582081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 358 2081 (b) 253 582 81 (c) 253 580 281 (d) 253 582 081
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Love Funny (b) Funny Love Seven Rani (c) Rani Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Rani
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 kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs (c) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny Mum All (b) Funny Mum All Jump (c) All Mum Funny Jump (d) Funny Jump Mum All
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 1577084239. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 708 4239 (b) 157 708 42399 (c) 157 708 239 (d) 157 708 4239
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
13. 13.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, jeep, needle? (a) Jeeps Nine Only (b) Jeeps Only Nine (c) Only Jeeps Nine (d) Nine Jeeps Only
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
16. 16.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 774303234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 774 303 24 (b) 774 430 3234 (c) 774 303 234 (d) 747 303 234
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2243984239. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 439 84239 (b) 224 398 4239 (c) 223 984 239 (d) 224 398 2439
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 340555915563. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3405 5591 5563 (b) 3405 5591 5653 (c) 3440 5559 15563 (d) 3405 5591 563
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 118530215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 530 215 (b) 118 530 25 (c) 118 530 251 (d) 111 853 0215
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, net, jug? (a) Jeeps Nine My (b) Nine My Jeeps (c) My Nine Jeeps (d) Nine Jeeps My
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 243584473959. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2435 8447 3959 (b) 2435 8447 3599 (c) 2435 8473 959 (d) 2435 8444 73959
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, igloo, fan? (a) Frogs Ice Ants (b) Ice Ants Frogs (c) Ants Ice Frogs (d) Ice Frogs Ants
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, lemon, frog? (a) Dad Lions Funny (b) Lions Dad Funny (c) Lions Funny Dad (d) Funny Lions Dad
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
34. 34.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA

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