Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 500 · 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.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 4748211411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 474 821 1411 (b) 474 821 141 (c) 474 812 1411 (d) 447 482 11411
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, candle, pencil, rope, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCPRI (b) CGPRI (c) CPRIG (d) IRPCG
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Grab (b) Grab Wins Sing (c) Wins Grab Sing (d) Sing Wins Grab
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 6899324260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 698 932 4260 (b) 689 932 4260 (c) 689 932 420 (d) 689 932 42260
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, goat, fan, ice cream, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFIWV (b) WIFGV (c) GVFIW (d) VGFIW
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2632310418. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 263 223 10418 (b) 262 331 0418 (c) 263 231 048 (d) 263 231 0418
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, rose, urn? (a) Rani Uncle Jolly (b) Rani Jolly Uncle (c) Uncle Rani Jolly (d) Jolly Rani Uncle
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 7323638507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 732 336 38507 (b) 732 363 850 (c) 372 363 8507 (d) 732 363 8507
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Love Eight (b) Eight Love Play All (c) Love Play All Eight (d) Love Eight Play All
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 883601031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 883 601 031 (b) 888 360 1031 (c) 836 010 31 (d) 883 601 013
22. 22.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 621070966278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6107 0966 278 (b) 6210 7096 6278 (c) 6221 0709 66278 (d) 6210 7096 6287
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3198416925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 319 841 6925 (b) 319 841 9625 (c) 319 841 69925 (d) 318 416 925
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 6335097203. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 633 507 9203 (b) 633 509 7203 (c) 633 509 723 (d) 633 509 72033
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 921210461. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 921 210 61 (b) 921 211 0461 (c) 921 201 461 (d) 921 210 461
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 466204799397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4666 2047 99397 (b) 4662 0479 9397 (c) 4620 4799 397 (d) 4626 0479 9397
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, coconut, umbrella, shoe, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVUSN (b) CUSNV (c) NSUCV (d) VCUSN
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Seven
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 6805571929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 680 557 129 (b) 680 557 71929 (c) 680 557 1299 (d) 680 557 1929
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 201433956745. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2014 3395 674 (b) 0214 3395 6745 (c) 2201 4339 56745 (d) 2014 3395 6745
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Goats (b) Wet Goats Silly (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Silly
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, rope, urn? (a) Frogs Rani Uncle (b) Rani Frogs Uncle (c) Uncle Rani Frogs (d) Rani Uncle Frogs
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 3278020608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 802 6008 (b) 327 802 060 (c) 327 802 0608 (d) 327 802 06608
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 744401280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 474 401 280 (b) 744 012 80 (c) 744 401 2800 (d) 744 401 280

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