Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 22 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 440527695987. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4450 2769 5987 (b) 4405 2769 5987 (c) 4405 2769 59877 (d) 4405 2695 987
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Wins Goats Seven
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 323971868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 971 8688 (b) 323 971 868 (c) 332 971 868 (d) 323 971 88
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, banana, rose? (a) Big Dance Runs (b) Big Runs Dance (c) Dance Big Runs (d) Runs Big Dance
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, fan, apple? (a) Cats Frogs Ants (b) Frogs Ants Cats (c) Frogs Cats Ants (d) Ants Frogs Cats
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9771115562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 971 115 562 (b) 977 111 5562 (c) 977 111 5652 (d) 977 111 15562
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 372400121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 324 001 21 (b) 327 400 121 (c) 372 400 1221 (d) 372 400 121
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 589064810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 580 648 10 (b) 589 064 8810 (c) 589 064 810 (d) 859 064 810
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 6599461579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 946 1579 (b) 659 946 1597 (c) 659 994 61579 (d) 659 946 157
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, fan, wallet, ladder, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFWLN (b) NLWFD (c) FDWLN (d) FWLND
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Grab Wet Seven (d) Wet Seven Grab
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nine (b) Nine Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Nine Sing Wise (d) Eat Sing Wise Nine
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, urn, whistle, lemon, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTWLC (b) CLWUT (c) UWLCT (d) TUWLC
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, flute, apple, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAJR (b) FRAJ (c) RFAJ (d) JAFR
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, igloo, ant? (a) Ice All Fly (b) Fly Ice All (c) Ice Fly All (d) All Ice Fly
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 755856206808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7585 6206 808 (b) 7558 5620 6808 (c) 7558 5620 66808 (d) 7555 8620 6808
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, urn, pillow, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPUO (b) UOPW (c) OUPW (d) UPWO
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9739106809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 911 06809 (b) 939 106 809 (c) 973 910 6089 (d) 973 910 6809
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, watch, pillow? (a) Play Wet Owls (b) Wet Owls Play (c) Wet Play Owls (d) Owls Wet Play
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 341445152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 451 52 (b) 341 445 152 (c) 344 144 5152 (d) 344 145 152
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, rose, lamp? (a) Love Runs Crazy (b) Runs Crazy Love (c) Runs Love Crazy (d) Crazy Runs Love

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