Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 164 · 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) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ice cream, shoe, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSIN (b) INSK (c) ISKN (d) NISK
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, lemon, shoe, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULSK (b) KSLU (c) LSKU (d) LUSK
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Eat (b) Eat Lions Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Eat (d) Lions Eat Play Aunty
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tomato, monkey, wallet, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWMTO (b) TMWFO (c) TOMWF (d) OTMWF
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4452988774. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 445 298 88774 (b) 445 298 8774 (c) 445 288 774 (d) 445 298 7874
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 366607245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 607 245 (b) 366 660 7245 (c) 666 072 45 (d) 366 067 245
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 253297460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 253 297 406 (b) 253 297 460 (c) 253 297 4600 (d) 253 294 60
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 435622458. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 435 622 2458 (b) 435 622 458 (c) 435 224 58 (d) 435 262 458
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 814252671. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 841 252 671 (b) 814 252 671 (c) 812 526 71 (d) 811 425 2671
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, kite, mirror? (a) Kites Mice Red (b) Mice Kites Red (c) Red Kites Mice (d) Kites Red Mice
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Nani (b) Wise Silly Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Silly Wise (d) Eat Nani Silly Wise
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, flute, whistle? (a) All Funny Wins (b) Funny Wins All (c) Wins Funny All (d) Funny All Wins
27. 27.🔤 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
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, vase, owl? (a) Vans Only Sing (b) Only Vans Sing (c) Sing Vans Only (d) Vans Sing Only
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, tent, lemon? (a) Play Tea Lazy (b) Tea Play Lazy (c) Tea Lazy Play (d) Lazy Tea Play
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, monkey, pencil? (a) Pigs Mice Jeeps (b) Mice Pigs Jeeps (c) Jeeps Mice Pigs (d) Mice Jeeps Pigs
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 497019018955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4790 1901 8955 (b) 4970 1990 18955 (c) 4970 1901 8955 (d) 4970 1908 955
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 421113825305. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4211 1138 25305 (b) 4211 1385 2305 (c) 4211 1382 5305 (d) 4211 1385 305
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, banana, violin? (a) Bakes Mice Vans (b) Vans Bakes Mice (c) Mice Bakes Vans (d) Bakes Vans Mice
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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