Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 130 · 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.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Every Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Every Neat (d) Every Silly Wise Neat
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, coconut, radio? (a) Crazy Rani Mum (b) Rani Crazy Mum (c) Mum Crazy Rani (d) Crazy Mum Rani
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Red (c) Seven Lions Funny Red (d) Seven Red Lions Funny
8. 8.🧰 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) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 2403419000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 341 0900 (b) 203 419 000 (c) 240 341 9000 (d) 240 341 99000
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, wallet, needle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNRA (b) RNWA (c) WANR (d) AWNR
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 926437806. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 964 378 06 (b) 926 643 7806 (c) 926 437 086 (d) 926 437 806
14. 14.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, net, frog? (a) Nine Funny Play (b) Funny Nine Play (c) Play Nine Funny (d) Nine Play Funny
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, spoon, cat? (a) Sing Red Cats (b) Cats Sing Red (c) Sing Cats Red (d) Red Sing Cats
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 143206880. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 143 206 88 (b) 143 206 808 (c) 143 220 6880 (d) 143 206 880
22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 556699500. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 699 500 (b) 556 699 00 (c) 556 699 5000 (d) 556 699 500
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, ball, coconut? (a) Crazy Bakes Old (b) Bakes Crazy Old (c) Bakes Old Crazy (d) Old Bakes Crazy
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 903586175267. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9035 8175 267 (b) 9035 8671 5267 (c) 9035 8617 52267 (d) 9035 8617 5267
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eight Neat (b) Neat Eight Seven Wise (c) Eight Seven Wise Neat (d) Eight Neat Seven Wise
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 267176060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 267 176 060 (b) 267 176 00 (c) 267 176 0060 (d) 627 176 060
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, owl, wallet? (a) Jolly Only Wise (b) Only Jolly Wise (c) Wise Only Jolly (d) Only Wise Jolly
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5119181057. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 918 81057 (b) 511 918 1057 (c) 511 918 107 (d) 511 918 1075
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 189298103878. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1892 8910 3878 (b) 1892 9810 878 (c) 1889 2981 03878 (d) 1892 9810 3878
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False

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