Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 99 · 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 rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 7624162339. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 762 416 3239 (b) 764 162 339 (c) 762 416 2339 (d) 762 241 62339
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, guava, doll, anchor, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NADGB (b) GDANB (c) BGDAN (d) GBDAN
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.🔤 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) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, jalebi, flute? (a) Love Jeeps Fly (b) Jeeps Fly Love (c) Fly Jeeps Love (d) Jeeps Love Fly
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, key, radio? (a) Kids Rani Bakes (b) Bakes Kids Rani (c) Rani Kids Bakes (d) Kids Bakes Rani
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 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) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 796084280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 842 80 (b) 796 084 280 (c) 796 084 2280 (d) 796 048 280
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 486780785. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 486 780 7785 (b) 486 780 785 (c) 486 780 85 (d) 486 787 085
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 3290015695. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 001 15695 (b) 329 001 5695 (c) 290 015 695 (d) 329 001 5659
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, tomato, jalebi, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJIC (b) IJTC (c) TCJI (d) CTJI
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 824751359. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 822 475 1359 (b) 824 751 59 (c) 824 751 359 (d) 824 753 159
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Goats Wet Seven
33. 33.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 221122491. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 221 122 4911 (b) 221 122 491 (c) 211 224 91 (d) 221 122 419
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, jalebi, frog? (a) Uncle Jump Funny (b) Jump Funny Uncle (c) Jump Uncle Funny (d) Funny Jump Uncle
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 667232609. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 667 232 6009 (b) 672 326 09 (c) 667 232 690 (d) 667 232 609
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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