Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 326 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 4392013161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 439 021 3161 (b) 432 013 161 (c) 433 920 13161 (d) 439 201 3161
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Sing Wet (b) Eat Nine Sing Wet (c) Eat Sing Wet Nine (d) Wet Sing Eat Nine
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 403276918. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 403 276 9918 (b) 403 276 198 (c) 403 276 918 (d) 402 769 18
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Wise Green Sing (c) Green Wise Sing (d) Sing Wise Green
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, orange, frog, ball, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBFOK (b) OKFBI (c) OFBIK (d) KOFBI
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mice Aunty (b) Fly Mice Aunty Jump (c) Aunty Mice Fly Jump (d) Jump Fly Mice Aunty
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 6467522854. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 646 752 2854 (b) 646 675 22854 (c) 646 752 2845 (d) 646 752 854
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, tomato, orange, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOTL (b) TOKL (c) TLOK (d) LTOK
21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 175479678665. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1754 9678 665 (b) 1754 7967 8665 (c) 1754 7976 8665 (d) 1754 7967 78665
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 4317991985. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 431 799 91985 (b) 431 799 1985 (c) 431 791 985 (d) 431 799 9185
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Love Fly (b) Seven Love Fly Runs (c) Seven Runs Love Fly (d) Fly Love Seven Runs
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Lions Pigs Ants Every (d) Lions Every Pigs Ants
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Grab (b) Wins Grab Sing (c) Grab Wins Sing (d) Sing Wins Grab
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eat (b) Love Eat Pink Aunty (c) Eat Love Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Love Eat
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, cat, kettle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKCG (b) CKFG (c) CGKF (d) GCKF
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 645323255533. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6453 2325 55333 (b) 6453 2325 5533 (c) 6453 2325 553 (d) 4653 2325 5533
36. 36.🧰 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) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, key, ball, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBMF (b) FKBM (c) MBKF (d) KFBM
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, drum, needle? (a) Dad Nine Kind (b) Nine Dad Kind (c) Kind Dad Nine (d) Dad Kind Nine

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