Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 219 · 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) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Eat Pigs Ants (d) Lazy Pigs Ants Eat
6. 6.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Every (b) Love Every Pigs Aunty (c) Every Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Every
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 619099325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 619 099 35 (b) 619 909 9325 (c) 169 099 325 (d) 619 099 325
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Wise Silly Goats (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Silly
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.🔤 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
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, inkpot, mirror? (a) Ice Mice Aunty (b) Mice Ice Aunty (c) Aunty Ice Mice (d) Ice Aunty Mice
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 3205358450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 535 8450 (b) 320 535 88450 (c) 320 535 8540 (d) 320 538 450
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pillow, bucket, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBPF (b) FPBC (c) PFBC (d) PBCF
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, van, key? (a) Vines Crazy Kids (b) Vines Kids Crazy (c) Kids Vines Crazy (d) Crazy Vines Kids
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 516079469311. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5160 7946 9311 (b) 5516 0794 69311 (c) 5167 0946 9311 (d) 5160 7946 931
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, onion, inkpot? (a) Only Ink Aunty (b) Ink Only Aunty (c) Aunty Only Ink (d) Only Aunty Ink
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 210090798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 090 7998 (b) 210 097 098 (c) 200 907 98 (d) 210 090 798
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 820406145. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 406 15 (b) 280 406 145 (c) 820 406 1145 (d) 820 406 145
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5232561002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 561 002 (b) 523 325 61002 (c) 253 256 1002 (d) 523 256 1002
28. 28.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 220683355. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 220 833 55 (b) 220 683 355 (c) 220 683 3355 (d) 220 683 535
30. 30.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (b) Funny Mum Ants Jolly (c) Jolly Funny Mum Ants (d) Funny Jolly Mum Ants
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, lamp, urn? (a) Love Goats Up (b) Love Up Goats (c) Goats Love Up (d) Up Love Goats
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, van, ice cream, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFIR (b) RIVF (c) FVIR (d) VIRF
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, candle, goat? (a) Crazy Neat Grab (b) Neat Crazy Grab (c) Crazy Grab Neat (d) Grab Crazy Neat
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 838463703290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8384 6370 3209 (b) 8384 6370 32990 (c) 8384 6370 3290 (d) 8386 3703 290
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR

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