Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 18 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 383940424950. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3839 4042 4950 (b) 3394 0424 950 (c) 3839 4042 49950 (d) 3389 4042 4950
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, doll, goat? (a) Dance Toys Goats (b) Toys Dance Goats (c) Goats Dance Toys (d) Dance Goats Toys
4. 4.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, inkpot, tent? (a) Ice Toys Pigs (b) Toys Ice Pigs (c) Pigs Ice Toys (d) Ice Pigs Toys
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Every Nine (c) Every Silly Wet Nine (d) Nine Every Silly Wet
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lazy Funny (b) Silly Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Silly Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Silly Rani
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, mango, spoon, fan, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSFKL (b) KFSML (c) MLSFK (d) LMSFK
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 179294220211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1792 9422 0121 (b) 1792 9442 20211 (c) 1729 4220 211 (d) 1792 9422 0211
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, pillow, nest, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNTR (b) PRNT (c) RPNT (d) TNPR
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 854648971095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8546 4897 1095 (b) 8456 4897 1095 (c) 8546 4897 105 (d) 8546 4899 71095
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, jeep, nest? (a) Jeeps Nine All (b) All Jeeps Nine (c) Jeeps All Nine (d) Nine Jeeps All
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
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) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, lemon, fan, umpire, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUFLP (b) LPFUB (c) PLFUB (d) LFUBP
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 9252829997. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 582 9997 (b) 992 528 29997 (c) 952 829 997 (d) 925 282 9997
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, sock, apple, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVAC (b) CASV (c) VSAC (d) SACV
34. 34.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, flute, cat? (a) Jolly Funny Cook (b) Cook Funny Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Cook (d) Funny Cook Jolly
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, lemon, jeep? (a) Lions Jeeps Inside (b) Lions Inside Jeeps (c) Jeeps Lions Inside (d) Inside Lions Jeeps
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9519780087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 978 00877 (b) 951 978 0087 (c) 959 780 087 (d) 951 978 0807
40. 40.🧰 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

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