Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 830 · 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.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Crazy (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight (d) Cats Eight Pigs Crazy
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
5. 5.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, anchor, inkpot? (a) Inside Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty Inside Jeeps (c) Jeeps Aunty Inside (d) Aunty Jeeps Inside
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 125263490. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 125 623 490 (b) 125 263 490 (c) 125 263 3490 (d) 125 263 40
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 810658017819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8110 6580 17819 (b) 8106 5801 781 (c) 8016 5801 7819 (d) 8106 5801 7819
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 212937350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 937 7350 (b) 212 937 305 (c) 212 937 350 (d) 212 973 50
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4796581981. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 476 958 1981 (b) 479 658 191 (c) 479 658 19881 (d) 479 658 1981
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Silly Grab (d) Wins Grab Silly
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, lemon, banana? (a) Ink Lions Big (b) Lions Ink Big (c) Lions Big Ink (d) Big Lions Ink
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Silly Wise (b) Eat Nine Silly Wise (c) Eat Silly Wise Nine (d) Wise Silly Eat Nine
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 1595087556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 159 508 77556 (b) 159 508 7556 (c) 159 508 756 (d) 519 508 7556
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 604622259. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 604 622 259 (b) 604 622 295 (c) 600 462 2259 (d) 606 222 59
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔤 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 997251363548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9972 5136 548 (b) 9972 5316 3548 (c) 9972 5136 3548 (d) 9997 2513 63548
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 277069099. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 069 099 (b) 277 069 09 (c) 277 069 0099 (d) 727 069 099
30. 30.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 197631026550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9176 3102 6550 (b) 1976 3102 6550 (c) 1976 3100 26550 (d) 1976 3126 550
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 749511391. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 749 551 1391 (b) 749 511 391 (c) 749 513 91 (d) 794 511 391
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4904324976. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 490 443 24976 (b) 490 432 976 (c) 490 342 4976 (d) 490 432 4976
36. 36.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 925505341121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9255 0534 11121 (b) 9255 0531 121 (c) 9255 0534 1121 (d) 9255 0354 1121
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, rose, urn, orange, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POURB (b) BRUOP (c) RUOPB (d) RBUOP

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