Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 866 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lions Eat (b) Eat Lions Play Ants (c) Lions Play Ants Eat (d) Lions Eat Play Ants
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Wins Seven Green
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 858656557446. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8586 5655 7446 (b) 8865 6557 446 (c) 8588 6565 57446 (d) 8586 5657 5446
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, whistle, glass, cat, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCGWL (b) LWGCR (c) WLGCR (d) WGCRL
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, drum, needle, cat, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNCKO (b) KCNDO (c) DONCK (d) ODNCK
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, onion, mango? (a) Only Mice Sing (b) Mice Only Sing (c) Sing Only Mice (d) Only Sing Mice
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mice Ants (b) Fly Jump Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Fly Jump (d) Fly Mice Ants Jump
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2211561478. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 221 156 148 (b) 221 156 14478 (c) 221 156 1478 (d) 221 156 1487
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, inkpot, frog? (a) Ink Mice Fly (b) Fly Ink Mice (c) Ink Fly Mice (d) Mice Ink Fly
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 8180910341. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 818 099 10341 (b) 818 019 0341 (c) 818 091 0341 (d) 818 090 341
23. 23.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, parrot, flute, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMFO (b) PFOM (c) MPFO (d) OFPM
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 922326055. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 360 55 (b) 922 326 055 (c) 922 326 505 (d) 922 232 6055
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, violin, ball, mango, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBMTC (b) CVBMT (c) TMBVC (d) VCBMT
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Lazy Fly (b) Silly Rani Lazy Fly (c) Silly Lazy Fly Rani (d) Fly Lazy Silly Rani
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 4908805858. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 490 805 858 (b) 490 880 5858 (c) 498 080 5858 (d) 490 088 05858
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3903282275. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 390 328 2275 (b) 390 382 2275 (c) 339 032 82275 (d) 390 328 225
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 611004858002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6110 0458 8002 (b) 6110 0448 58002 (c) 6110 0485 8002 (d) 6100 4858 002
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 985389482. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 998 538 9482 (b) 985 894 82 (c) 985 389 482 (d) 958 389 482
38. 38.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Fly Jeeps (b) Fly My All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My All (d) Fly Jeeps My All
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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