Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 426 · 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 acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 793453024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 793 453 024 (b) 793 453 0224 (c) 793 450 324 (d) 793 453 24
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Silly Runs (c) Silly Lions Funny Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Funny
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3722534732. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 372 253 4732 (b) 372 534 732 (c) 732 253 4732 (d) 372 253 34732
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 429207380. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 207 380 (b) 442 920 7380 (c) 429 270 380 (d) 292 073 80
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 444733728352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4447 3372 83522 (b) 4447 3372 832 (c) 4447 3372 8352 (d) 4443 7372 8352
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, jug, monkey? (a) Jolly Old My (b) My Jolly Old (c) Jolly My Old (d) Old Jolly My
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6035108152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 603 510 81522 (b) 630 510 8152 (c) 603 510 8152 (d) 603 518 152
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, ball, wallet, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBWS (b) SWBG (c) BGWS (d) BWSG
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5143486007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 513 448 6007 (b) 514 486 007 (c) 514 348 60007 (d) 514 348 6007
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 4643850398. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 464 385 398 (b) 464 385 0398 (c) 464 385 0938 (d) 464 385 03998
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, key, rope? (a) Kites Red Play (b) Play Kites Red (c) Red Kites Play (d) Kites Play Red
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eight (b) Eight Cats Pink Cook (c) Cats Eight Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Eight
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Silly Runs (b) Silly Runs Love Fly (c) Silly Love Fly Runs (d) Runs Silly Love Fly
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 394523320111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3945 2332 0111 (b) 3945 2333 20111 (c) 3945 2323 0111 (d) 3945 2320 111
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 591051076292. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5910 5106 7292 (b) 5910 5107 62922 (c) 5910 5107 6292 (d) 5910 5106 292
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ball, candle, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCNF (b) FBCN (c) NCBF (d) BFCN
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lions Frogs (c) Silly Lions Frogs Rani (d) Silly Rani Lions Frogs
38. 38.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 7598220298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 759 822 00298 (b) 579 822 0298 (c) 759 822 0298 (d) 759 822 028
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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