Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 228 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Silly (b) Silly Wise Green (c) Wise Silly Green (d) Green Wise Silly
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, drum, violin, wallet, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDVWB (b) DVWBM (c) DMVWB (d) BWVDM
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, monkey, tomato? (a) Kind My Toys (b) Toys My Kind (c) My Toys Kind (d) My Kind Toys
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, spoon, ant? (a) Seven All Green (b) Seven Green All (c) Green Seven All (d) All Seven Green
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, vase, doll? (a) Dogs Vans Funny (b) Vans Funny Dogs (c) Vans Dogs Funny (d) Funny Vans Dogs
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, candle, ice cream, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CIDN (b) CNID (c) DICN (d) NCID
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 6262784547. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 784 547 (b) 266 278 4547 (c) 626 278 45447 (d) 626 278 4547
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5327492563. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 533 274 92563 (b) 532 749 2563 (c) 532 749 2536 (d) 532 492 563
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, umpire, radio, key, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKRUV (b) UVRKG (c) URKGV (d) VURKG
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice All Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice All (c) All Mice Funny Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice All
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lazy Frogs (b) Runs Sing Lazy Frogs (c) Frogs Lazy Sing Runs (d) Sing Lazy Frogs Runs
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 660803496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 830 496 (b) 660 803 496 (c) 660 080 3496 (d) 660 803 96
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Funny Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps My Ants (c) Funny My Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My Ants
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, wallet, guava, key, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWGKT (b) WGKTB (c) WBGKT (d) TKGWB
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 659630588. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 596 305 88 (b) 659 963 0588 (c) 659 630 588 (d) 659 360 588
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, jalebi, ladder, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JULI (b) JLIU (c) UJLI (d) ILJU
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wet Grab (b) Wet Silly Grab (c) Grab Wet Silly (d) Wet Grab Silly
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, van, bucket, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBVI (b) IVBK (c) VIBK (d) VBKI
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, cat, guava, tent, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGTKB (b) BCGTK (c) KTGCB (d) CBGTK
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, whistle, lemon, shoe, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISLWB (b) WLSIB (c) BWLSI (d) WBLSI
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 2731835406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 835 406 (b) 277 318 35406 (c) 273 183 5406 (d) 273 138 5406

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