Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 314 · 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 the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 136119537907. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1336 1195 37907 (b) 1361 1953 790 (c) 3161 1953 7907 (d) 1361 1953 7907
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, spoon, coconut? (a) Sing Crazy Owls (b) Crazy Sing Owls (c) Owls Sing Crazy (d) Sing Owls Crazy
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 757711671489. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7577 1167 1489 (b) 7577 1161 7489 (c) 7577 7116 71489 (d) 7577 1161 489
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 160218325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 162 183 25 (b) 160 213 825 (c) 160 021 8325 (d) 160 218 325
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Pink All Eight (c) Lazy Eight Pink All (d) Eight Lazy Pink All
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6122953508. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 612 295 350 (b) 621 295 3508 (c) 612 299 53508 (d) 612 295 3508
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 198209510646. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1982 9051 0646 (b) 1982 0951 0646 (c) 1988 2095 10646 (d) 1920 9510 646
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 979140118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 979 141 018 (b) 979 401 18 (c) 979 140 118 (d) 979 140 1188
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eat Nine (b) Eat Silly Wins Nine (c) Eat Nine Silly Wins (d) Nine Eat Silly Wins
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, orange, flute, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFCG (b) CFOG (c) GOFC (d) OGFC
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Goats (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Goats Wet Seven
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Grab Silly (d) Wise Silly Grab
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, apple, whistle? (a) All Bunny Wins (b) All Wins Bunny (c) Wins All Bunny (d) Bunny All Wins

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