Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 943 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pink Aunty (d) Lazy Pink Aunty Eight
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 808724268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 808 724 628 (b) 808 722 68 (c) 808 724 4268 (d) 808 724 268
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 1244087157. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 124 408 7157 (b) 124 480 7157 (c) 124 408 715 (d) 122 440 87157
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 702188142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 188 142 (b) 702 118 8142 (c) 702 881 42 (d) 702 181 842
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, net, key, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMKV (b) NKVM (c) VKNM (d) MNKV
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 185881176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 185 881 76 (b) 185 881 1776 (c) 158 881 176 (d) 185 881 176
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Silly (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Wins Silly Green
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 671833556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 617 833 556 (b) 671 833 55 (c) 671 833 556 (d) 671 833 5556
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🧰 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) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, apple, umpire, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AURB (b) RUAB (c) BAUR (d) ABUR
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Frogs (b) Seven Rani Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Seven Rani (d) Seven Lions Frogs Rani
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum All Jeeps (b) All Mum Frogs Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs Mum All (d) Frogs Jeeps Mum All
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Seven (b) Seven Wins Grab (c) Grab Wins Seven (d) Wins Seven Grab
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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