Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 106 · 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) Wins Seven Eat Nine (b) Nine Eat Seven Wins (c) Eat Nine Seven Wins (d) Eat Seven Wins Nine
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 561507511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 507 511 (b) 565 107 511 (c) 561 500 7511 (d) 515 075 11
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 796868733926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7966 8687 33926 (b) 7968 6873 392 (c) 9768 6873 3926 (d) 7968 6873 3926
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 319825460480. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3192 5460 480 (b) 3119 8254 60480 (c) 3198 2546 0408 (d) 3198 2546 0480
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 494413445. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 494 413 445 (b) 494 434 45 (c) 494 413 4445 (d) 494 414 345
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, orange, pencil? (a) Owls Under Pigs (b) Pigs Owls Under (c) Owls Pigs Under (d) Under Owls Pigs
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Grab (b) Grab Wins Sing (c) Wins Grab Sing (d) Wins Sing Grab
16. 16.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Silly Wet (b) Eat Nani Silly Wet (c) Eat Silly Wet Nani (d) Wet Silly Eat Nani
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2004509695. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 045 09695 (b) 200 450 9695 (c) 200 450 995 (d) 200 459 0695
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, duck, violin, kettle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFVKS (b) DVKSF (c) FDVKS (d) SKVDF
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, needle, van? (a) Vans Neat Grab (b) Neat Vans Grab (c) Neat Grab Vans (d) Grab Neat Vans
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, fan, igloo? (a) Inside Fly Grab (b) Fly Inside Grab (c) Grab Fly Inside (d) Fly Grab Inside
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
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 225195815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 195 815 (b) 225 195 851 (c) 222 519 5815 (d) 225 195 85
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 852023014590. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8520 3201 4590 (b) 8520 2301 45990 (c) 8520 2301 450 (d) 8520 2301 4590
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5840796242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 076 242 (b) 584 079 6242 (c) 584 407 96242 (d) 548 079 6242
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Silly Red (c) Silly Love Frogs Red (d) Silly Red Love Frogs
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, fan, tomato? (a) Fly Lions Tea (b) Tea Fly Lions (c) Lions Fly Tea (d) Fly Tea Lions
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly My Aunty (b) Aunty My Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs My Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My Aunty
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 443471379. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 471 397 (b) 434 713 79 (c) 443 471 3779 (d) 443 471 379
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, net, tomato, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCTA (b) CNTA (c) NTAC (d) ATNC
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 601219884. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 602 119 884 (b) 012 198 84 (c) 601 219 884 (d) 601 221 9884
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 601752648807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6017 5264 8087 (b) 6017 5264 880 (c) 6017 5264 8807 (d) 6017 5266 48807
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
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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