Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 792 · 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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lemon, candle, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBCJ (b) LCJB (c) BLCJ (d) JCLB
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, sock, violin? (a) Seven Cook Very (b) Cook Seven Very (c) Very Seven Cook (d) Seven Very Cook
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, fan, pillow? (a) Wins Frogs Play (b) Frogs Play Wins (c) Frogs Wins Play (d) Play Frogs Wins
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 826778443066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8267 7844 30666 (b) 2867 7844 3066 (c) 8267 7844 066 (d) 8267 7844 3066
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, watch, radio, apple, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWRAB (b) BARWK (c) WRABK (d) WKRAB
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 630349144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 630 344 9144 (b) 603 491 44 (c) 360 349 144 (d) 630 349 144
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 612320034034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6123 2003 4304 (b) 6123 2200 34034 (c) 6123 2003 4034 (d) 6123 2003 434
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 202202242044. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2022 0222 044 (b) 2022 0222 4044 (c) 2022 2022 42044 (d) 2022 0224 2044
23. 23.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, anchor, urn, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUDO (b) AOUD (c) OAUD (d) DUAO
27. 27.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 912916183. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 916 183 (b) 912 916 13 (c) 921 916 183 (d) 912 291 6183
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, whistle, igloo? (a) Wins Inside Kind (b) Inside Wins Kind (c) Kind Wins Inside (d) Wins Kind Inside
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Fly Runs (b) Fly Lions Silly Runs (c) Silly Runs Lions Fly (d) Runs Silly Lions Fly
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lions Frogs (b) Silly Red Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Silly Red (d) Silly Lions Frogs Red
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, key, wallet, jeep, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRWJG (b) KWJGR (c) RKWJG (d) GJWKR
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, lemon, jalebi? (a) Green Lions Jeeps (b) Lions Green Jeeps (c) Lions Jeeps Green (d) Jeeps Lions Green
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 2185141712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 218 541 712 (b) 218 541 1712 (c) 218 511 41712 (d) 218 514 1712
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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