Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 14 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 836471715279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8364 7171 15279 (b) 8364 7171 5279 (c) 8364 7175 279 (d) 8364 7171 5729
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 268985702493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2688 5702 493 (b) 6289 8570 2493 (c) 2689 8570 2493 (d) 2689 8557 02493
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, rope, owl? (a) Neat Red Owls (b) Red Neat Owls (c) Owls Red Neat (d) Red Owls Neat
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Sing (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Sing
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 701634950883. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7016 4395 0883 (b) 7016 3495 088 (c) 7001 6349 50883 (d) 7016 3495 0883
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, ant, drum, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJADK (b) JADKT (c) KDAJT (d) JTADK
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7213334562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 721 334 3562 (b) 713 334 562 (c) 722 133 34562 (d) 721 333 4562
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3369579326. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 695 79326 (b) 336 975 9326 (c) 336 957 9326 (d) 369 579 326
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 284038999183. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2840 3899 99183 (b) 2804 3899 9183 (c) 2843 8999 183 (d) 2840 3899 9183
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, candle, lamp? (a) Cook Love Dad (b) Love Cook Dad (c) Dad Cook Love (d) Cook Dad Love
29. 29.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, jeep, umbrella? (a) Jeeps Uncle Pigs (b) Pigs Jeeps Uncle (c) Jeeps Pigs Uncle (d) Uncle Jeeps Pigs
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 284921649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 849 216 49 (b) 289 421 649 (c) 284 921 6449 (d) 284 921 649
32. 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Seven Wins (b) Eight Neat Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Eight Neat (d) Eight Seven Wins Neat
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 995956280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 999 595 6280 (b) 995 956 280 (c) 959 562 80 (d) 995 965 280
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 318961044846. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3189 6104 4846 (b) 3188 9610 44846 (c) 3189 6044 846 (d) 3189 6104 4864
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly My All (b) Fly My All Jolly (c) All My Fly Jolly (d) Fly Jolly My All
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, candle, vase, bucket, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBVCF (b) CFVBR (c) FCVBR (d) CVBRF
39. 39.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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