Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 565 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Silly (b) Wise Silly Green (c) Green Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Green
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, onion, whistle? (a) Owls Bakes Wet (b) Bakes Owls Wet (c) Wet Owls Bakes (d) Owls Wet Bakes
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Love Frogs (b) Silly Love Frogs Rani (c) Frogs Love Silly Rani (d) Rani Silly Love Frogs
10. 10.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 867305690. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 867 305 690 (b) 867 730 5690 (c) 867 305 960 (d) 867 305 60
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, guava, rope, spoon, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGRSN (b) GORSN (c) NSRGO (d) GRSNO
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, banana, guava, mirror, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGMIA (b) IMGBA (c) ABGMI (d) BAGMI
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
17. 17.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 385005454455. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3885 0054 54455 (b) 3850 0545 4455 (c) 3850 0544 455 (d) 3580 0545 4455
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, van, ant, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOAB (b) VABO (c) OVAB (d) BAVO
21. 21.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 5664049211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 566 640 49211 (b) 566 404 9211 (c) 566 409 4211 (d) 664 049 211
28. 28.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 402561083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 402 560 183 (b) 402 561 083 (c) 402 556 1083 (d) 425 610 83
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Green Wins Seven (d) Wins Green Seven
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
32. 32.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, bucket, apple, kettle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBAKP (b) PKABG (c) BAKPG (d) BGAKP
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink All (b) All Pink Love Every (c) Love Pink All Every (d) Every Love Pink All
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, frog, coconut? (a) Frogs Sing Crazy (b) Sing Frogs Crazy (c) Frogs Crazy Sing (d) Crazy Frogs Sing
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, radio, jeep? (a) Rani Jeeps Old (b) Old Rani Jeeps (c) Rani Old Jeeps (d) Jeeps Rani Old

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