Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 488 · 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 8221441505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 244 1505 (b) 822 141 505 (c) 882 214 41505 (d) 822 144 1505
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Grab Wise Sing (c) Wise Grab Sing (d) Sing Wise Grab
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Silly Wins Green (c) Wins Green Silly (d) Green Wins Silly
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 807802802787. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8070 8280 2787 (b) 8078 0280 27877 (c) 8078 0282 787 (d) 8078 0280 2787
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 317878282962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3787 8282 962 (b) 3178 7828 2962 (c) 3187 7828 2962 (d) 3177 8782 82962
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (b) Sing Lions Frogs Runs (c) Frogs Lions Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Lions Frogs
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, onion, apple, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMAC (b) OACM (c) CAOM (d) MOAC
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Green (b) Wise Green Silly (c) Green Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Green
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Cats (b) Every Cook Pink Cats (c) Cook Pink Cats Every (d) Cats Pink Cook Every
19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 7621315267. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 762 131 5267 (b) 762 213 15267 (c) 621 315 267 (d) 762 135 1267
21. 21.🧰 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) nothing at all (d) chunking
22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, pencil, jalebi? (a) Pigs Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Pigs Jolly (c) Pigs Jolly Frogs (d) Jolly Pigs Frogs
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, pencil, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDPL (b) LPTD (c) DTPL (d) TPLD
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, shoe, pencil, mango, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPMJL (b) JMPSL (c) LSPMJ (d) SLPMJ
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, orange, igloo? (a) Ants Only Inside (b) Inside Only Ants (c) Only Ants Inside (d) Only Inside Ants
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, bucket, jeep, vase, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBJVL (b) BPJVL (c) BJVLP (d) LVJBP
33. 33.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 553040548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 553 004 0548 (b) 553 040 548 (c) 530 405 48 (d) 553 040 584

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