Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 119 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, frog, igloo? (a) Funny Ink Pigs (b) Ink Funny Pigs (c) Funny Pigs Ink (d) Pigs Funny Ink
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, jalebi, apple? (a) Aunty Jeeps Rani (b) Jeeps Rani Aunty (c) Jeeps Aunty Rani (d) Rani Jeeps Aunty
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, ant, lemon? (a) Love All Only (b) Only All Love (c) All Only Love (d) All Love Only
6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, coconut, umbrella? (a) Under Cook Vines (b) Cook Under Vines (c) Cook Vines Under (d) Vines Cook Under
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, whistle, glass? (a) Wins Cats Grab (b) Cats Wins Grab (c) Grab Wins Cats (d) Wins Grab Cats
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umbrella, doll, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDUN (b) UNDI (c) NUDI (d) UDIN
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 303743994. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 303 743 994 (b) 307 343 994 (c) 303 439 94 (d) 303 743 9944
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 264234074139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2642 3407 44139 (b) 2642 3047 4139 (c) 2642 3407 4139 (d) 2642 3407 413
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, flute, shoe, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFSI (b) FLSI (c) ISFL (d) FSIL
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 173354816. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 173 354 186 (b) 173 354 86 (c) 173 354 816 (d) 173 355 4816
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 364884800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 848 00 (b) 364 884 080 (c) 366 488 4800 (d) 364 884 800
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 929906073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 299 906 073 (b) 929 990 6073 (c) 299 060 73 (d) 929 906 073
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, onion, mirror? (a) Owls My Bakes (b) Bakes Owls My (c) Owls Bakes My (d) My Owls Bakes
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, violin, umbrella, owl, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKUOR (b) VUORK (c) KVUOR (d) ROUVK
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 2298808228. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 888 08228 (b) 229 880 2828 (c) 229 880 8228 (d) 229 808 228

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