Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 236 · 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) Grab Wise Silly (b) Wise Grab Silly (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Silly Wise Grab
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 5220175764. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 522 011 75764 (b) 522 017 5674 (c) 520 175 764 (d) 522 017 5764
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 292263792809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2922 6379 2809 (b) 2926 3792 809 (c) 2922 6379 8209 (d) 2922 2637 92809
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 867094743328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8670 9474 3328 (b) 8679 4743 328 (c) 8670 9474 3238 (d) 8670 9477 43328
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 558200459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 204 59 (b) 558 204 059 (c) 558 200 459 (d) 558 200 0459
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 359418929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 594 189 29 (b) 359 941 8929 (c) 359 481 929 (d) 359 418 929
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, pillow, ladder? (a) Pigs Under Lazy (b) Under Pigs Lazy (c) Lazy Pigs Under (d) Pigs Lazy Under
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, tomato, violin, goat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVGFC (b) FGVTC (c) TCVGF (d) CTVGF
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 261755168080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2617 5516 808 (b) 2261 7551 68080 (c) 2617 5516 8080 (d) 2617 5156 8080
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2925984224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 292 598 422 (b) 292 598 42224 (c) 292 598 4242 (d) 292 598 4224
21. 21.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Neat (b) Every Neat Silly Wet (c) Neat Every Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Every Neat
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, frog, violin? (a) Vans Frogs Wise (b) Frogs Vans Wise (c) Wise Frogs Vans (d) Frogs Wise Vans
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, violin, onion, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VORB (b) BVOR (c) VBOR (d) ROVB
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, spoon, anchor, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUAF (b) USAF (c) FASU (d) SAFU
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 501040971630. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5104 0971 630 (b) 5501 0409 71630 (c) 5010 4097 1630 (d) 5001 4097 1630
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, mirror, goat, umpire, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGURO (b) MOGUR (c) OMGUR (d) RUGMO
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, apple, sock, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGSM (b) MSAG (c) ASMG (d) GASM
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1644916471. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 614 491 6471 (b) 164 916 471 (c) 164 491 66471 (d) 164 491 6471
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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