Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 496 · 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 815015856081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8501 5856 081 (b) 8815 0158 56081 (c) 8150 1585 6081 (d) 8150 1585 6018
2. 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1932129023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 212 9023 (b) 193 221 9023 (c) 193 212 90223 (d) 192 129 023
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Goats Wise Sing
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Fly Mum All (b) Fly Mum All Jolly (c) All Mum Fly Jolly (d) Fly Jolly Mum All
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 5619400114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 940 014 (b) 561 940 01144 (c) 561 904 0114 (d) 561 940 0114
15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 6072269887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 607 226 9887 (b) 607 722 69887 (c) 602 726 9887 (d) 602 269 887
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, doll, key? (a) Dad Kind Rani (b) Rani Dad Kind (c) Kind Dad Rani (d) Dad Rani Kind
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, mango, frog? (a) Mice Fly Red (b) Red Mice Fly (c) Fly Mice Red (d) Mice Red Fly
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 521404151056. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5241 0415 1056 (b) 5214 4151 056 (c) 5221 4041 51056 (d) 5214 0415 1056
20. 20.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Every Pink Cook (b) Crazy Pink Cook Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Crazy Every
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 511458664. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 458 6664 (b) 514 586 64 (c) 511 458 664 (d) 514 158 664
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 8142084321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 814 208 4321 (b) 881 420 84321 (c) 841 208 4321 (d) 142 084 321
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, whistle, jeep, ant, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJASG (b) GWJAS (c) WGJAS (d) SAJWG
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump Mum Aunty (b) Frogs Mum Aunty Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mum Aunty (d) Aunty Mum Frogs Jump
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mum All (b) Funny Mum All Jeeps (c) All Mum Funny Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny Mum All
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9774711307. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 977 411 307 (b) 977 471 11307 (c) 977 471 3107 (d) 977 471 1307
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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