Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 919 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wins (b) Neat Eight Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Eight Neat (d) Eight Seven Wins Neat
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eight (b) Cats Eight Play Crazy (c) Eight Cats Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cats Eight
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, onion, tent, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOTN (b) NTOW (c) OTNW (d) OWTN
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 995308440. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 995 308 40 (b) 995 038 440 (c) 995 530 8440 (d) 995 308 440
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, radio, frog, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFRT (b) RTFA (c) RFAT (d) TRFA
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3490281973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 349 081 973 (b) 349 028 81973 (c) 349 028 1973 (d) 340 928 1973
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, coconut, needle, tiger, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITNCO (b) CNTIO (c) CONTI (d) OCNTI
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Seven Wet Goats (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Goats Wet Seven
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lions Fly (b) Seven Lions Fly Runs (c) Fly Lions Seven Runs (d) Seven Runs Lions Fly
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Red (b) Funny Love Silly Red (c) Red Silly Love Funny (d) Silly Red Love Funny
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, candle, parrot, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJPF (b) CPFJ (c) JCPF (d) FPCJ
25. 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, rope, guava, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGRP (b) RGKP (c) PRGK (d) RPGK
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1719367804. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 171 937 6804 (b) 171 193 67804 (c) 171 936 7804 (d) 171 967 804
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 477759326855. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4777 5932 6855 (b) 4777 5932 685 (c) 7477 5932 6855 (d) 4777 5932 68555
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, radio, inkpot? (a) Red Ice Lazy (b) Red Lazy Ice (c) Lazy Red Ice (d) Ice Red Lazy
33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eat Nani (b) Eat Silly Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Silly Wise (d) Nani Eat Silly Wise
35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 699173947349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6917 3947 349 (b) 6991 7394 7349 (c) 6919 7394 7349 (d) 6991 1739 47349
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 613217106335. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6132 1711 06335 (b) 6132 1710 6335 (c) 6132 1170 6335 (d) 6131 7106 335
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8881526086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 152 6086 (b) 888 156 086 (c) 888 156 2086 (d) 888 815 26086

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