Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 973 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Goats Wet Sing
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, kettle, banana? (a) Vans Kites Bakes (b) Kites Bakes Vans (c) Bakes Kites Vans (d) Kites Vans Bakes
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 358169576. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 335 816 9576 (b) 358 169 576 (c) 538 169 576 (d) 358 165 76
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 6185554159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 618 555 419 (b) 618 554 5159 (c) 618 555 4159 (d) 618 555 44159
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 714368812266. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7143 6881 2266 (b) 7143 6881 22666 (c) 7143 8681 2266 (d) 7146 8812 266
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 887111737108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8871 1173 7018 (b) 8887 1117 37108 (c) 8871 1173 7108 (d) 8871 1173 108
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Seven Red (b) Seven Lazy Funny Red (c) Red Seven Lazy Funny (d) Seven Red Lazy Funny
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, guava, net? (a) Grab Nine My (b) My Grab Nine (c) Nine Grab My (d) Grab My Nine
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
22. 22.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 211146385469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2111 4633 85469 (b) 2111 4638 5469 (c) 2111 4638 5649 (d) 2111 4638 569
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, net, guava, monkey, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJGMI (b) NGMIJ (c) JNGMI (d) IMGNJ
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 1311680908. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 168 0908 (b) 131 168 098 (c) 131 168 0908 (d) 131 168 00908
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 954036935. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 954 306 935 (b) 955 403 6935 (c) 940 369 35 (d) 954 036 935
32. 32.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, glass, banana? (a) Bunny Grab Kids (b) Kids Grab Bunny (c) Grab Bunny Kids (d) Grab Kids Bunny
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9372090321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 937 209 0321 (b) 933 720 90321 (c) 972 090 321 (d) 937 200 9321
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, anchor, umbrella? (a) Uncle All Mice (b) All Uncle Mice (c) Mice All Uncle (d) All Mice Uncle
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Lions Fly (d) Seven Lions Fly Runs
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 131118835625. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1311 1838 5625 (b) 1311 8835 625 (c) 1311 1883 56255 (d) 1311 1883 5625
40. 40.🧰 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

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