Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 935 · 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 105072737047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1050 7273 7074 (b) 1057 2737 047 (c) 1050 0727 37047 (d) 1050 7273 7047
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Green (b) Green Wise Silly (c) Wise Silly Green (d) Wise Green Silly
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 299897248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 897 248 (b) 299 897 2248 (c) 298 997 248 (d) 299 892 48
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 428969859. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 428 969 859 (b) 289 698 59 (c) 422 896 9859 (d) 428 996 859
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Play Crazy (d) Every Crazy Crazy Play
16. 16.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Cook Play Crazy (c) Cook Eat Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cook Eat
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ 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
21. 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, kettle, ant? (a) Kites Love Ants (b) Kites Ants Love (c) Ants Kites Love (d) Love Kites Ants
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, pencil, owl? (a) Owls Pink Mice (b) Pink Owls Mice (c) Mice Pink Owls (d) Pink Mice Owls
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, jug, vase, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVJP (b) PJVR (c) JVRP (d) JPVR
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 551133402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 133 40 (b) 551 313 402 (c) 551 133 402 (d) 551 133 3402
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 189573373. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 189 573 37 (b) 189 957 3373 (c) 189 573 373 (d) 198 573 373
31. 31.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, radio, jeep, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKJD (b) DJRK (c) RJDK (d) KRJD
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, goat, watch? (a) Wins Grab Mice (b) Grab Mice Wins (c) Grab Wins Mice (d) Mice Grab Wins
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, anchor, mango, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMAB (b) ABMC (c) BAMC (d) AMCB
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Aunty Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs My Aunty
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ice cream, pencil? (a) Inside My Play (b) Inside Play My (c) Play Inside My (d) My Inside Play
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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