Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 949 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 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) an acronym word (d) chunking
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7197124955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 124 955 (b) 719 971 24955 (c) 719 712 4955 (d) 719 714 2955
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2453818545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 818 545 (b) 245 381 85445 (c) 245 831 8545 (d) 245 381 8545
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, glass, candle, kettle, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKCGL (b) GLCKS (c) LGCKS (d) GCKSL
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, frog, radio, parrot, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPRFK (b) FKRPJ (c) KFRPJ (d) FRPJK
10. 10.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Every (c) Crazy Pink Cook Every (d) Every Cook Pink Crazy
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, banana, lemon? (a) Love Bunny Cats (b) Cats Bunny Love (c) Bunny Cats Love (d) Bunny Love Cats
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, flute, tomato? (a) Kids Funny Tea (b) Tea Funny Kids (c) Funny Tea Kids (d) Funny Kids Tea
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 982469092137. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9842 6909 2137 (b) 9824 6909 2137 (c) 9824 6909 92137 (d) 9824 6092 137
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 105924090239. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1059 2440 90239 (b) 1059 2409 039 (c) 1059 2409 0329 (d) 1059 2409 0239
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, van, watch? (a) Pink Vans Wise (b) Wise Vans Pink (c) Vans Pink Wise (d) Vans Wise Pink
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 697579032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 975 790 32 (b) 967 579 032 (c) 697 577 9032 (d) 697 579 032
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Rani Silly Lazy Frogs (c) Silly Rani Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Silly Rani
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Seven (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Goats (d) Seven Wise Goats
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, tiger, jalebi, lamp, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJLFB (b) TBJLF (c) BTJLF (d) FLJTB
27. 27.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, lemon, kite? (a) Lazy Kites My (b) My Lazy Kites (c) Kites Lazy My (d) Lazy My Kites
30. 30.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Frogs Jolly (c) Frogs Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Aunty
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 6900500049. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 000 049 (b) 690 050 00049 (c) 690 050 0049 (d) 690 050 0409
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5934986379. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 593 498 66379 (b) 594 398 6379 (c) 593 496 379 (d) 593 498 6379
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, umpire, kettle, anchor, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USKAP (b) UKAPS (c) PAKUS (d) SUKAP
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, candle, sock? (a) Jeeps Crazy Silly (b) Crazy Silly Jeeps (c) Silly Crazy Jeeps (d) Crazy Jeeps Silly
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, apple, drum, rope, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABDRI (b) ADRIB (c) BADRI (d) IRDAB

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