Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 667 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, frog, coconut, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFCL (b) FDCL (c) LCFD (d) FCLD
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 137153101415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1371 5310 1415 (b) 1371 3101 415 (c) 1371 5301 1415 (d) 1371 5310 14155
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 2427265977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 242 272 65977 (b) 242 726 5977 (c) 242 276 5977 (d) 242 726 597
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5547453777. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 555 474 53777 (b) 554 754 3777 (c) 554 745 3777 (d) 547 453 777
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mango, sock, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MKSR (b) RSMK (c) KMSR (d) MSRK
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2280101986. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 280 101 986 (b) 222 801 01986 (c) 228 010 1986 (d) 228 010 1896
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, needle, kite? (a) Red Neat Kites (b) Kites Neat Red (c) Neat Red Kites (d) Neat Kites Red
22. 22.🔤 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
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 1937227950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 722 77950 (b) 193 722 7950 (c) 913 722 7950 (d) 193 727 950
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, tomato, duck, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDBNU (b) NBDTU (c) TUDBN (d) UTDBN
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 4174360810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 417 436 810 (b) 417 436 0810 (c) 441 743 60810 (d) 417 463 0810
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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 411738970636. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4117 3897 0366 (b) 4173 8970 636 (c) 4117 3897 0636 (d) 4111 7389 70636
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 444838918962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4448 3889 18962 (b) 4484 3891 8962 (c) 4448 3891 892 (d) 4448 3891 8962
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 338141937322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3814 1937 322 (b) 3381 4913 7322 (c) 3381 4193 7322 (d) 3338 1419 37322
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Grab (b) Grab Wins Silly (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Silly Wins Grab
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 551122631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 126 31 (b) 515 122 631 (c) 551 122 6631 (d) 551 122 631
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 365501180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 365 501 80 (b) 365 501 1180 (c) 365 501 180 (d) 356 501 180

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