Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 931 · 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 first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly Mice All (b) All Mice Funny Jolly (c) Funny Mice All Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Mice All
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, flute, guava? (a) Aunty Fly Goats (b) Fly Goats Aunty (c) Goats Fly Aunty (d) Fly Aunty Goats
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 778304096. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 778 304 096 (b) 778 304 0996 (c) 778 304 09 (d) 778 304 906
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 717081079565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7170 8107 9565 (b) 7170 8179 565 (c) 7170 8109 7565 (d) 7117 0810 79565
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 9480001744. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 948 000 1474 (b) 948 000 17444 (c) 480 001 744 (d) 948 000 1744
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nani (b) Eat Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wise (d) Eat Nani Sing Wise
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, umpire, mango? (a) Jump Under Mum (b) Under Jump Mum (c) Mum Under Jump (d) Under Mum Jump
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Wise Grab Seven (d) Wise Seven Grab
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Frogs Rani (b) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Rani (d) Rani Sing Lions Frogs
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Silly (b) Wise Silly Green (c) Wise Green Silly (d) Silly Wise Green
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, fan, vase, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVFL (b) FVOL (c) LFVO (d) FLVO
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (b) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mum Ants (d) Fly Jolly Mum Ants
24. 24.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 187306350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 187 303 50 (b) 817 306 350 (c) 187 730 6350 (d) 187 306 350
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 608602537. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 608 602 537 (b) 608 602 5337 (c) 686 025 37 (d) 680 602 537
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, ice cream, needle? (a) Green Inside Nani (b) Inside Green Nani (c) Nani Inside Green (d) Inside Nani Green
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 173601740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 601 7740 (b) 173 601 740 (c) 173 601 74 (d) 173 061 740
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (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) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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