Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 295 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, duck, mirror, sock, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSMDG (b) DGMSR (c) GDMSR (d) DMSRG
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, monkey, whistle? (a) Vines Mice Wet (b) Mice Wet Vines (c) Mice Vines Wet (d) Wet Mice Vines
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 8455015425. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 845 500 15425 (b) 845 501 4525 (c) 845 501 5425 (d) 455 015 425
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 122351748033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1223 5178 033 (b) 2123 5174 8033 (c) 1223 5174 8033 (d) 1223 5517 48033
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, inkpot, kettle? (a) Kids Ink Neat (b) Ink Neat Kids (c) Neat Ink Kids (d) Ink Kids Neat
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, frog, jalebi? (a) Frogs Goats Jump (b) Frogs Jump Goats (c) Jump Frogs Goats (d) Goats Frogs Jump
11. 11.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, kite, van? (a) Kites Pigs Vines (b) Pigs Kites Vines (c) Kites Vines Pigs (d) Vines Kites Pigs
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Frogs (b) Sing Lazy Frogs Rani (c) Sing Rani Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Sing Rani
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 147247074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 147 247 074 (b) 147 724 7074 (c) 147 247 04 (d) 147 247 047
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, cat, fan, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFBM (b) MCFB (c) BFCM (d) CMFB
18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
20. 20.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 208451342. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 451 42 (b) 220 845 1342 (c) 208 451 342 (d) 208 453 142
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3317021530. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 331 702 1530 (b) 317 021 530 (c) 333 170 21530 (d) 331 701 2530
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, ball, goat? (a) Lazy Bunny Green (b) Bunny Lazy Green (c) Bunny Green Lazy (d) Green Bunny Lazy
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, lemon, duck? (a) Lions Kids Dogs (b) Kids Lions Dogs (c) Dogs Lions Kids (d) Lions Dogs Kids
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, pillow, drum? (a) Play Dance Uncle (b) Dance Play Uncle (c) Uncle Play Dance (d) Play Uncle Dance
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
33. 33.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 453912387. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 453 912 3887 (b) 453 912 387 (c) 453 923 87 (d) 453 192 387
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 892790006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 892 709 006 (b) 892 790 0006 (c) 892 790 006 (d) 892 790 06
37. 37.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6245833937. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 624 583 3937 (b) 662 458 33937 (c) 624 538 3937 (d) 624 583 397
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 1931387809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 313 87809 (b) 193 137 8809 (c) 193 138 789 (d) 193 138 7809
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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