Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 430 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, bucket, rope, igloo, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRIAK (b) AIRBK (c) BKRIA (d) KBRIA
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice Aunty Jump (b) Aunty Mice Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly Mice Aunty (d) Fly Jump Mice Aunty
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My Ants (b) Ants My Fly Jolly (c) Fly My Ants Jolly (d) Jolly Fly My Ants
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 940386803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 836 803 (b) 940 038 6803 (c) 940 368 03 (d) 940 386 803
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 218527664264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2185 2766 42664 (b) 2185 2766 4246 (c) 2852 7664 264 (d) 2185 2766 4264
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Play All (b) Lions Play All Eight (c) Eight Lions Play All (d) All Play Lions Eight
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 426122240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 426 122 240 (b) 426 122 2240 (c) 426 212 240 (d) 421 222 40
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
19. 19.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Funny (b) Seven Rani Lions Funny (c) Seven Lions Funny Rani (d) Funny Lions Seven Rani
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 782124758537. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7821 2475 857 (b) 8721 2475 8537 (c) 7821 2475 8537 (d) 7821 1247 58537
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, mango, umbrella, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUMW (b) WMUT (c) MUTW (d) MWUT
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 294238002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 294 230 02 (b) 294 238 0022 (c) 294 328 002 (d) 294 238 002
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, rose, nest, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNRC (b) RCNM (c) RNMC (d) CRNM
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 5309594201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 350 959 4201 (b) 530 594 201 (c) 530 959 4201 (d) 553 095 94201
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pencil, bucket, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBDA (b) APBD (c) PABD (d) DBPA
31. 31.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 212223662771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2122 2362 771 (b) 2212 2366 2771 (c) 2122 2366 62771 (d) 2122 2366 2771
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 3324418533. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 441 833 (b) 332 441 18533 (c) 332 441 8353 (d) 332 441 8533
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, owl, mango? (a) Cook Owls Mice (b) Owls Mice Cook (c) Owls Cook Mice (d) Mice Owls Cook
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, sock, duck, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDGK (b) KSDG (c) GDSK (d) SKDG
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, ball, fan? (a) Frogs Bunny Nani (b) Bunny Frogs Nani (c) Nani Bunny Frogs (d) Bunny Nani Frogs
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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