Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 534 · 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 674310650280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6743 1065 080 (b) 6743 1065 0280 (c) 6734 1065 0280 (d) 6743 1066 50280
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Wins Seven Goats
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 3672264032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 367 226 4032 (b) 367 262 4032 (c) 367 226 44032 (d) 367 226 402
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, candle, violin? (a) Jump Crazy Very (b) Very Crazy Jump (c) Crazy Jump Very (d) Crazy Very Jump
11. 11.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, igloo, kettle, fan, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIKFM (b) INKFM (c) IKFMN (d) MFKIN
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 1236991696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 369 91696 (b) 123 699 696 (c) 123 699 1696 (d) 126 399 1696
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ball, kite, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBKD (b) BKDW (c) BWKD (d) DKBW
17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, glass, jalebi, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCJD (b) DJGC (c) GJDC (d) CGJD
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 591510880327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5915 1088 3027 (b) 5915 1088 0327 (c) 5915 1088 327 (d) 5591 5108 80327
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, key, shoe? (a) Jeeps Kites Silly (b) Silly Kites Jeeps (c) Kites Jeeps Silly (d) Kites Silly Jeeps
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ice cream, tiger? (a) Ink Tea Ants (b) Tea Ink Ants (c) Ink Ants Tea (d) Ants Ink Tea
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 230632810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 236 328 10 (b) 230 632 810 (c) 230 663 2810 (d) 230 623 810
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, apple, kettle? (a) Fly Ants Kids (b) Ants Fly Kids (c) Ants Kids Fly (d) Kids Ants Fly
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 993496242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 934 962 42 (b) 993 449 6242 (c) 993 496 242 (d) 993 492 642
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Nani (b) Wise Silly Every Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wise (d) Every Nani Silly Wise
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, orange, kite? (a) Kites Only Big (b) Big Only Kites (c) Only Big Kites (d) Only Kites Big
33. 33.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, wallet, needle, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWNJ (b) WTNJ (c) JNWT (d) WNJT
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lions Frogs (b) Red Sing Lions Frogs (c) Sing Lions Frogs Red (d) Frogs Lions Sing Red
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jump (b) Jump Funny My All (c) Funny Jump My All (d) All My Funny Jump
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, van, lamp, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVLU (b) VBLU (c) ULVB (d) VLUB

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