Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 893 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
2. 2.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 869863138. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 698 631 38 (b) 869 863 138 (c) 689 863 138 (d) 869 863 3138
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Fly Jump (c) Fly Jump Mice Ants (d) Fly Mice Ants Jump
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 811195566. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 199 5566 (b) 181 195 566 (c) 811 195 566 (d) 111 955 66
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, cat, pillow? (a) Pink Crazy All (b) All Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Pink All (d) Crazy All Pink
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Silly (b) Wet Silly Goats (c) Silly Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Silly
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 546043269. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 546 432 69 (b) 546 043 269 (c) 540 643 269 (d) 546 043 2699
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 522462330774. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5224 6233 0774 (b) 5224 6323 0774 (c) 5222 4623 30774 (d) 5246 2330 774
15. 15.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, cat, sock, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSCM (b) CMSN (c) CSNM (d) MCSN
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum Ants (b) Jump Fly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Fly Jump (d) Fly Mum Ants Jump
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 112229395023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1122 2933 95023 (b) 1122 2939 5203 (c) 1122 2395 023 (d) 1122 2939 5023
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, lemon, jeep, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRJU (b) RLJU (c) LJUR (d) UJLR
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 446290245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 446 292 045 (b) 446 290 245 (c) 446 290 0245 (d) 446 202 45
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 890200161817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8902 0061 817 (b) 8902 0011 61817 (c) 9802 0016 1817 (d) 8902 0016 1817
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6002310463. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 600 231 043 (b) 600 321 0463 (c) 660 023 10463 (d) 600 231 0463
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Silly Wins (b) Neat Eight Silly Wins (c) Eight Silly Wins Neat (d) Wins Silly Eight Neat
40. 40.🧰 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

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