Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 321 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 590601923233. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9060 1923 233 (b) 5990 6019 23233 (c) 5906 0912 3233 (d) 5906 0192 3233
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 684282638. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 684 282 2638 (b) 684 282 38 (c) 684 282 638 (d) 684 282 368
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, radio, pencil, mango, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGPMT (b) TMPRG (c) RPMTG (d) GRPMT
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, radio, ladder? (a) Rani Nani Lazy (b) Rani Lazy Nani (c) Lazy Rani Nani (d) Nani Rani Lazy
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, fan, candle, kite, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKCFA (b) FCKBA (c) FACKB (d) AFCKB
15. 15.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, doll, mirror? (a) Dance Mice Frogs (b) Mice Dance Frogs (c) Dance Frogs Mice (d) Frogs Dance Mice
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, onion, shoe, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFST (b) TSOF (c) OSTF (d) FOST
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 4560900536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 456 090 00536 (b) 450 690 0536 (c) 456 090 0536 (d) 460 900 536
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Goats Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, frog, orange, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMOG (b) FOGM (c) GOFM (d) MFOG
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, net, coconut? (a) Nine Dance Crazy (b) Crazy Nine Dance (c) Dance Nine Crazy (d) Nine Crazy Dance
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3968800176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 396 880 01176 (b) 398 680 0176 (c) 396 880 0176 (d) 396 880 076
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 8909100120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 890 910 0120 (b) 890 900 120 (c) 890 901 0120 (d) 890 910 00120
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, cat, jeep, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJFB (b) CBJF (c) FJCB (d) BCJF
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, lamp, vase? (a) Lazy Pink Vans (b) Vans Lazy Pink (c) Lazy Vans Pink (d) Pink Lazy Vans
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, doll, mirror? (a) Mice Dad Rani (b) Dad Mice Rani (c) Dad Rani Mice (d) Rani Dad Mice
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, monkey, umbrella, apple, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMUAC (b) MOUAC (c) CAUMO (d) MUACO
38. 38.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, jalebi, pillow, rose, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPRWA (b) AJPRW (c) JAPRW (d) WRPJA

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