Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 843 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1563761081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 163 761 081 (b) 156 637 61081 (c) 153 676 1081 (d) 156 376 1081
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Play Crazy (c) Cats Eight Play Crazy (d) Cats Play Crazy Eight
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
8. 8.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, duck, frog, nest, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFNRM (b) DMFNR (c) RNFDM (d) MDFNR
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, igloo, wallet, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INWS (b) IWSN (c) SWIN (d) NIWS
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 365889252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 658 892 52 (b) 365 898 252 (c) 365 889 252 (d) 365 889 2522
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 174860866748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1748 6866 748 (b) 1748 6086 6784 (c) 1744 8608 66748 (d) 1748 6086 6748
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, wallet, tiger? (a) Tea Wise Pigs (b) Wise Tea Pigs (c) Wise Pigs Tea (d) Pigs Wise Tea
16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Green (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Wins Green Seven
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 340160701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 340 160 71 (b) 340 160 701 (c) 334 016 0701 (d) 341 060 701
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8541282812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 854 128 2812 (b) 854 128 28122 (c) 854 128 8212 (d) 854 128 212
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, candle, violin? (a) Cats Vines Neat (b) Neat Cats Vines (c) Cats Neat Vines (d) Vines Cats Neat
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 676390083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 676 390 08 (b) 676 390 083 (c) 676 639 0083 (d) 766 390 083
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 497230521227. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4972 3021 227 (b) 4972 3052 2127 (c) 4972 3052 1227 (d) 4997 2305 21227
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Seven Red (b) Seven Lions Funny Red (c) Red Seven Lions Funny (d) Seven Red Lions Funny
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 560002671365. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5600 0267 135 (b) 5600 0267 1365 (c) 5600 0026 71365 (d) 6500 0267 1365
29. 29.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 647099504666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6470 9950 466 (b) 6470 9995 04666 (c) 6470 9590 4666 (d) 6470 9950 4666
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, van, parrot? (a) Very Pigs Seven (b) Pigs Very Seven (c) Seven Very Pigs (d) Very Seven Pigs
32. 32.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 901514307. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 514 3307 (b) 901 514 307 (c) 905 114 307 (d) 901 514 37
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 642422764965. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6424 4227 64965 (b) 6424 2764 965 (c) 6424 2276 4695 (d) 6424 2276 4965
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Frogs Jump (c) Frogs Jump Mice Ants (d) Frogs Mice Ants Jump
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, shoe, pillow, jalebi, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRPJM (b) MJPSR (c) SPJMR (d) RSPJM
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 424990342. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 442 499 0342 (b) 449 903 42 (c) 424 990 342 (d) 244 990 342
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 5510760610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 076 0610 (b) 551 067 0610 (c) 551 070 610 (d) 551 076 00610
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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