Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 530 · 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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, monkey, fan? (a) Wet My Frogs (b) Frogs My Wet (c) My Frogs Wet (d) My Wet Frogs
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 480392410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 480 392 410 (b) 480 392 401 (c) 480 392 4410 (d) 403 924 10
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, jug, nest, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNSP (b) PJNS (c) SNJP (d) JPNS
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Sing (b) Sing Wet Green (c) Green Wet Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Love Frogs (b) Sing Love Frogs Rani (c) Frogs Love Sing Rani (d) Rani Sing Love Frogs
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 774776183. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 774 776 138 (b) 774 776 183 (c) 777 761 83 (d) 774 477 6183
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, key, ice cream, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KIUT (b) KTIU (c) UIKT (d) TKIU
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Goats (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Goats (d) Wins Goats Silly
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, sock, vase, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGVT (b) SVTG (c) GSVT (d) TVSG
17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 420395481422. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4203 9458 1422 (b) 4203 9548 422 (c) 4203 9548 1422 (d) 4203 9548 11422
19. 19.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 101798671. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 101 796 71 (b) 101 798 671 (c) 101 796 871 (d) 101 798 8671
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 1725920025. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 259 20025 (b) 172 592 002 (c) 172 592 0025 (d) 172 590 2025
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants (b) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Seven Wet (b) Every Neat Seven Wet (c) Every Seven Wet Neat (d) Wet Seven Every Neat
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 692844045414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6992 8440 45414 (b) 6982 4404 5414 (c) 9284 4045 414 (d) 6928 4404 5414
26. 26.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3682082420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 368 208 2420 (b) 368 280 2420 (c) 362 082 420 (d) 368 208 24220
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5757509813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 575 750 9813 (b) 577 550 9813 (c) 575 750 981 (d) 575 750 98133
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 155677746. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 155 677 746 (b) 515 677 746 (c) 156 777 46 (d) 155 667 7746
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9732821541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 973 822 1541 (b) 972 821 541 (c) 973 288 21541 (d) 973 282 1541
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 223393621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 936 21 (b) 223 393 621 (c) 232 393 621 (d) 223 399 3621
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2606564794. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 266 065 64794 (b) 260 656 4974 (c) 260 656 494 (d) 260 656 4794
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, spoon, nest, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNSR (b) SNGR (c) RSNG (d) SRNG
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

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