Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 187 · 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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, pillow, jalebi? (a) Pigs Jolly Up (b) Jolly Pigs Up (c) Up Pigs Jolly (d) Pigs Up Jolly
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, fan, onion, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOFI (b) FOKI (c) FIOK (d) IFOK
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
8. 8.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1056212330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 621 2330 (b) 015 621 2330 (c) 100 562 12330 (d) 156 212 330
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 110920451. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 092 0451 (b) 110 204 51 (c) 110 902 451 (d) 110 920 451
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Ants (b) Ants My Frogs Jump (c) Frogs My Ants Jump (d) Jump Frogs My Ants
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 528206704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 528 260 704 (b) 522 820 6704 (c) 528 206 70 (d) 528 206 704
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, net, wallet? (a) Neat Lions Wins (b) Wins Neat Lions (c) Neat Wins Lions (d) Lions Neat Wins
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Every Pink Cook
20. 20.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, duck, spoon? (a) Dogs Owls Sing (b) Sing Dogs Owls (c) Dogs Sing Owls (d) Owls Dogs Sing
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 4398122688. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 498 122 688 (b) 439 821 2688 (c) 439 812 2688 (d) 439 811 22688
24. 24.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 150520751. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 155 207 51 (b) 150 520 751 (c) 155 020 751 (d) 150 522 0751
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 558872254221. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5588 7252 4221 (b) 5588 7225 4221 (c) 5588 2254 221 (d) 5588 7225 42211
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 568186120512. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5681 8612 5012 (b) 5681 8620 512 (c) 5688 1861 20512 (d) 5681 8612 0512
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, mirror, pencil? (a) Nani Mice Pigs (b) Mice Pigs Nani (c) Mice Nani Pigs (d) Pigs Mice Nani
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 811855759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 185 5759 (b) 811 855 759 (c) 818 155 759 (d) 811 557 59
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Frogs Runs (b) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Lions Frogs
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, sock, inkpot? (a) Seven All Ice (b) Ice Seven All (c) Seven Ice All (d) All Seven Ice
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, onion, duck? (a) Dance Old Love (b) Old Dance Love (c) Old Love Dance (d) Love Old Dance
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, tiger, ice cream, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTIB (b) BITM (c) TIBM (d) TMIB

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