Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 73 · 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) Wins Grab Seven (b) Seven Wins Grab (c) Grab Wins Seven (d) Wins Seven Grab
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Sing Rani (b) Sing Lions Fly Rani (c) Rani Sing Lions Fly (d) Sing Rani Lions Fly
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, coconut, vase, bucket, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMVBP (b) CVBPM (c) MCVBP (d) PBVCM
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Sing Wet (b) Nine Eat Sing Wet (c) Eat Sing Wet Nine (d) Wet Sing Eat Nine
6. 6.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, radio, ball? (a) Rani Toys Bunny (b) Toys Rani Bunny (c) Rani Bunny Toys (d) Bunny Rani Toys
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, watch, mango? (a) Mum Wet Cats (b) Wet Cats Mum (c) Cats Wet Mum (d) Wet Mum Cats
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, urn, rope, banana, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UARBM (b) AURBM (c) MBRUA (d) URBMA
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 348239296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 232 996 (b) 348 292 96 (c) 348 239 296 (d) 344 823 9296
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 557816382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 163 82 (b) 557 816 382 (c) 555 781 6382 (d) 558 716 382
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, goat, van? (a) Vines Goats Wise (b) Wise Goats Vines (c) Goats Wise Vines (d) Goats Vines Wise
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 5197722137. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 772 1237 (b) 519 772 137 (c) 519 772 2137 (d) 519 777 22137
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, parrot, ant? (a) Ants Play Ice (b) Play Ants Ice (c) Ice Play Ants (d) Play Ice Ants
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 6129042533. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 611 290 42533 (b) 612 094 2533 (c) 612 904 2533 (d) 612 042 533
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 996210938460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9926 1093 8460 (b) 9621 0938 460 (c) 9962 1093 8460 (d) 9962 1109 38460
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 279466972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 279 946 6972 (b) 279 466 972 (c) 279 646 972 (d) 279 469 72
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jump (c) Aunty Mice Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Jump Mice Aunty
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 402981117069. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4029 8111 7069 (b) 4029 1117 069 (c) 4029 8111 7096 (d) 4029 8111 70069
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 481636980962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4816 3698 0962 (b) 4816 3968 0962 (c) 4816 6369 80962 (d) 8163 6980 962
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, jalebi, watch, igloo, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWIVU (b) UJWIV (c) VIWJU (d) JUWIV
40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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