Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 552 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 925495329. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 925 495 329 (b) 925 549 5329 (c) 925 495 392 (d) 925 453 29
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Silly Runs (c) Silly Lions Fly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Fly
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, needle, sock, candle, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INSCL (b) NSCLI (c) LCSNI (d) NISCL
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Sing Runs (c) Sing Runs Lazy Fly (d) Sing Lazy Fly Runs
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Eat Play Cats (c) Eat Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eat
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, igloo, umbrella, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUKM (b) KUIM (c) IMUK (d) MIUK
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Sing (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Sing Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Sing
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4816502639. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 481 650 02639 (b) 416 502 639 (c) 486 150 2639 (d) 481 650 2639
18. 18.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 4055210901. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 055 210 901 (b) 405 521 0901 (c) 440 552 10901 (d) 405 521 0910
20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, jug, van, onion, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPVOF (b) FOVJP (c) PJVOF (d) JVOFP
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 110852019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 110 852 019 (b) 110 520 19 (c) 110 855 2019 (d) 101 852 019
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cook (b) Eat Cook Pink Cook (c) Eat Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eat
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, fan, needle? (a) Under Frogs Nine (b) Frogs Nine Under (c) Nine Frogs Under (d) Frogs Under Nine
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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