Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 124 · 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 planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Sing (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Wet Sing Green (d) Sing Wet Green
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, lemon, banana, owl, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJBOS (b) SOBLJ (c) JLBOS (d) LBOSJ
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, nest, fan, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUFK (b) NFKU (c) UNFK (d) KFNU
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 453483263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 453 438 263 (b) 453 483 23 (c) 453 483 263 (d) 453 348 3263
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 936554159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 936 554 15 (b) 936 554 4159 (c) 936 554 159 (d) 396 554 159
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 230753614. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 230 753 614 (b) 207 536 14 (c) 230 735 614 (d) 230 755 3614
11. 11.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Cook Eat Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eat
14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Crazy (b) Eight Crazy Play Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Play Crazy Eight
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pigs Aunty (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lions Pigs Aunty
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 462310060861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4623 1006 0816 (b) 4623 3100 60861 (c) 4623 1006 081 (d) 4623 1006 0861
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Ants (b) Frogs My Ants Jump (c) Ants My Frogs Jump (d) Jump Frogs My Ants
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Silly Red (b) Silly Love Fly Red (c) Silly Red Love Fly (d) Red Silly Love Fly
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 167417925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 167 417 95 (b) 164 717 925 (c) 167 417 9255 (d) 167 417 925
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Seven Wins (b) Nine Every Seven Wins (c) Every Seven Wins Nine (d) Wins Seven Every Nine
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Eat Neat (c) Eat Sing Wet Neat (d) Neat Eat Sing Wet
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 794432185696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7944 3218 6596 (b) 7944 3218 5696 (c) 7944 3218 55696 (d) 9443 2185 696
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty My Frogs Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs My Aunty (d) Frogs Jeeps My Aunty
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eight (b) Cats Eight Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Play Crazy
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, frog, goat? (a) Green Fly Dogs (b) Fly Dogs Green (c) Fly Green Dogs (d) Dogs Fly Green
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 177270300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 207 300 (b) 177 270 00 (c) 177 270 3300 (d) 177 270 300
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My Aunty (b) Aunty My Funny Jolly (c) Jolly Funny My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jolly
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Sing (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Goats Wet Sing (d) Sing Wet Goats

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