Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 894 · 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) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
2. 2.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 526012213969. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5260 1221 3969 (b) 5266 0122 13969 (c) 5260 1221 369 (d) 5260 2121 3969
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, anchor, bucket? (a) Ants Bunny Old (b) Old Ants Bunny (c) Bunny Ants Old (d) Ants Old Bunny
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, rope, spoon? (a) Love Runs Silly (b) Silly Runs Love (c) Runs Love Silly (d) Runs Silly Love
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 297876796480. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2978 7679 64480 (b) 2987 7679 6480 (c) 2978 7676 480 (d) 2978 7679 6480
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, vase, key, spoon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVKSO (b) OSKVF (c) VKSOF (d) VFKSO
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, ball, spoon? (a) Bunny Silly Nine (b) Bunny Nine Silly (c) Silly Bunny Nine (d) Nine Bunny Silly
16. 16.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 310914496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 144 96 (b) 310 914 946 (c) 310 914 496 (d) 310 091 4496
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 514183986472. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5114 1839 86472 (b) 5141 8389 6472 (c) 5141 8398 6472 (d) 1418 3986 472
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1204114014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 114 014 (b) 120 411 40014 (c) 120 411 4014 (d) 120 411 4104
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 332885733607. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3328 8573 3670 (b) 3328 8573 3607 (c) 3328 8573 33607 (d) 3328 8573 367
22. 22.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lions Eat (b) Lions Pink All Eat (c) Lions Eat Pink All (d) Eat Lions Pink All
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, guava, mango? (a) Play Grab My (b) Grab Play My (c) My Grab Play (d) Grab My Play
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, mango, pencil? (a) Pink My Love (b) My Pink Love (c) My Love Pink (d) Love My Pink
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 2950812107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 295 081 1207 (b) 229 508 12107 (c) 295 081 2107 (d) 295 082 107
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty (b) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 268316520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 268 316 520 (b) 268 315 620 (c) 683 165 20 (d) 268 316 5220
33. 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
36. 36.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 912817413692. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9128 1741 3692 (b) 9128 7141 3692 (c) 9128 1174 13692 (d) 9128 1413 692
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 902343628795. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9023 4368 2795 (b) 9234 3628 795 (c) 9023 4362 88795 (d) 9023 4362 8795

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