Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 745 · 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) Green Wins Sing (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Sing Wins Green (d) Wins Sing Green
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cook (b) Every Cats Pink Cook (c) Cats Pink Cook Every (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 269384100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 269 834 100 (b) 263 841 00 (c) 269 384 100 (d) 266 938 4100
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 6108176953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 817 9653 (b) 610 817 69533 (c) 610 817 695 (d) 610 817 6953
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 817479896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 174 798 96 (b) 817 479 896 (c) 817 749 896 (d) 817 479 8896
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 509232228. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 932 228 (b) 509 232 228 (c) 509 223 2228 (d) 592 322 28
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, anchor, glass? (a) Aunty Grab Cats (b) Aunty Cats Grab (c) Cats Aunty Grab (d) Grab Aunty Cats
15. 15.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.🧰 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
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Eight Pink Cats (c) Cats Pink Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Cats Pink
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Love Frogs (b) Frogs Love Seven Red (c) Red Seven Love Frogs (d) Seven Love Frogs Red
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, onion, doll, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODVJ (b) VDOJ (c) JODV (d) OJDV
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, coconut, tiger, jug, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJTCW (b) CTJIW (c) CWTJI (d) WCTJI
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 882721165919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8272 1165 919 (b) 8827 2116 5919 (c) 8827 2111 65919 (d) 8827 2115 6919
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, candle, inkpot? (a) Nine Cook Ice (b) Cook Ice Nine (c) Ice Cook Nine (d) Cook Nine Ice
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 803772165162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8037 7216 162 (b) 8037 7216 5162 (c) 8037 7216 1562 (d) 8037 7216 51662
35. 35.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 317166189301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3171 6618 9301 (b) 3176 1618 9301 (c) 3117 1661 89301 (d) 3171 6619 301
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, parrot, key, van, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPKVJ (b) PDKVJ (c) JVKPD (d) PKVJD
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 813114716. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 813 111 4716 (b) 131 147 16 (c) 813 114 716 (d) 813 141 716
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 912072862. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 072 8662 (b) 921 072 862 (c) 912 028 62 (d) 912 072 862

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