Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 317 · 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 a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 466061291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 660 612 91 (b) 466 061 291 (c) 466 066 1291 (d) 460 661 291
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 967243631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 724 3631 (b) 967 243 631 (c) 962 743 631 (d) 672 436 31
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cats Eat (b) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (c) Eat Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Eat Pigs Cats
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Seven (b) Grab Wet Seven (c) Wet Seven Grab (d) Seven Wet Grab
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, vase, jalebi, shoe, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIJSA (b) VJSAI (c) IVJSA (d) ASJVI
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, banana, jug, parrot, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPJBS (b) SBJPF (c) BSJPF (d) BJPFS
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jump (c) Aunty My Fly Jump (d) Fly Jump My Aunty
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Seven (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 313819590. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 195 90 (b) 313 819 590 (c) 313 815 990 (d) 313 819 5900
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, mango, ball, van, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBVRO (b) OMBVR (c) MOBVR (d) RVBMO
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, urn, whistle? (a) Wise Up Nine (b) Up Wise Nine (c) Nine Up Wise (d) Up Nine Wise
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 911158021947. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9111 5021 947 (b) 9111 5802 1497 (c) 9111 5802 11947 (d) 9111 5802 1947
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wins (b) Eat Silly Wins Neat (c) Neat Eat Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Eat Neat
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 7630418350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 763 041 8350 (b) 763 041 83350 (c) 763 041 8305 (d) 763 041 830
34. 34.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Fly Rani (b) Fly Love Sing Rani (c) Rani Sing Love Fly (d) Sing Rani Love Fly
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 335484779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 335 487 479 (b) 354 847 79 (c) 335 448 4779 (d) 335 484 779
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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