Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 749 · 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) Wet Green Silly (b) Green Wet Silly (c) Silly Wet Green (d) Wet Silly Green
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 5421270876. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 542 127 0867 (b) 544 212 70876 (c) 421 270 876 (d) 542 127 0876
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, ladder, fan? (a) Tiny Lions Frogs (b) Lions Frogs Tiny (c) Lions Tiny Frogs (d) Frogs Lions Tiny
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (d) Every Crazy Pigs Cats
14. 14.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 700517916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 051 7916 (b) 700 519 16 (c) 700 517 916 (d) 700 519 716
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, watch, fan, violin, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFVKD (b) WDFVK (c) KVFWD (d) DWFVK
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 5502076580. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 207 6580 (b) 550 270 6580 (c) 550 207 76580 (d) 552 076 580
21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, mirror, anchor? (a) Mice Pink Aunty (b) Pink Mice Aunty (c) Aunty Mice Pink (d) Mice Aunty Pink
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, sock, mango? (a) Mice Silly Kids (b) Silly Mice Kids (c) Silly Kids Mice (d) Kids Silly Mice
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 246388668. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 264 388 668 (b) 246 388 668 (c) 246 388 8668 (d) 246 388 68
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 136229396. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 163 229 396 (b) 132 293 96 (c) 136 229 396 (d) 136 229 3396
27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum All Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mum All (c) Jolly Funny Mum All (d) All Mum Funny Jolly
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, pillow, vase? (a) Mum Play Very (b) Play Mum Very (c) Play Very Mum (d) Very Play Mum
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 934702551493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9347 0255 493 (b) 9344 7025 51493 (c) 9347 0255 1493 (d) 3947 0255 1493
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, mango, sock, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJSB (b) JMSB (c) BSMJ (d) MSBJ
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, fan, rose, van, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRVTU (b) TVRFU (c) FURVT (d) UFRVT
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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