Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 769 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 1977370065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 737 065 (b) 197 377 0065 (c) 119 773 70065 (d) 197 737 0065
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, net, glass? (a) Green Neat Sing (b) Neat Green Sing (c) Sing Neat Green (d) Neat Sing Green
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2336310305. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 631 0305 (b) 233 631 00305 (c) 323 631 0305 (d) 233 310 305
7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, drum, owl? (a) Kites Dad Only (b) Dad Kites Only (c) Only Dad Kites (d) Dad Only Kites
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 895045866. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 895 045 5866 (b) 890 545 866 (c) 895 045 866 (d) 850 458 66
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, shoe, jeep? (a) Silly Dad Jolly (b) Jolly Silly Dad (c) Silly Jolly Dad (d) Dad Silly Jolly
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 2455482613. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 245 548 2163 (b) 245 548 2613 (c) 245 542 613 (d) 245 554 82613
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cook Every (b) Cook Play Crazy Every (c) Every Cook Play Crazy (d) Cook Every Play Crazy
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, parrot, mango? (a) Pink Mice Jump (b) Mice Pink Jump (c) Pink Jump Mice (d) Jump Pink Mice
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 933441330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 933 414 330 (b) 933 441 330 (c) 934 413 30 (d) 993 344 1330
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 437692704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 437 769 2704 (b) 476 927 04 (c) 437 692 704 (d) 437 697 204
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, nest, whistle? (a) Wise Nine Lazy (b) Nine Lazy Wise (c) Nine Wise Lazy (d) Lazy Nine Wise
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, rope, violin? (a) Red Ice Very (b) Red Very Ice (c) Very Red Ice (d) Ice Red Very
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 947398332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 947 398 323 (b) 947 393 32 (c) 947 398 332 (d) 947 398 3332
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Eight (c) Cook Play Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cook Play Crazy
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Sing Wet Goats

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