Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 213 · 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 first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play Aunty Every (b) Every Lions Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lions Every (d) Lions Every Play Aunty
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, ice cream, mango, frog, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIMFN (b) IMFNG (c) NFMIG (d) IGMFN
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, tomato, urn? (a) Very Toys Up (b) Up Toys Very (c) Toys Up Very (d) Toys Very Up
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 352510649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 352 510 6449 (b) 352 510 649 (c) 352 506 49 (d) 352 150 649
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, frog, key, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFKI (b) FKIR (c) FRKI (d) IKFR
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, radio, ladder? (a) Jump Rani Lions (b) Rani Lions Jump (c) Rani Jump Lions (d) Lions Rani Jump
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Play All (b) Lazy Play All Every (c) All Play Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Play All
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, whistle, igloo, needle, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WINVB (b) WBINV (c) BWINV (d) VNIWB
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, orange, apple? (a) Aunty Only Love (b) Only Aunty Love (c) Love Only Aunty (d) Only Love Aunty
20. 20.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, sock, mango, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SLMC (b) SMCL (c) CMSL (d) LSMC
22. 22.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, pencil, anchor? (a) Aunty Pigs Big (b) Big Pigs Aunty (c) Pigs Big Aunty (d) Pigs Aunty Big
27. 27.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, van, guava, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGVW (b) VWGS (c) WVGS (d) VGSW
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, lamp, mango? (a) Mice Lions Kind (b) Lions Kind Mice (c) Lions Mice Kind (d) Kind Lions Mice
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
34. 34.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 520598350571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5205 9835 0751 (b) 5205 9835 051 (c) 5220 5983 50571 (d) 5205 9835 0571
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 179670622. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 670 622 (b) 179 606 22 (c) 117 967 0622 (d) 179 670 622
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 351170219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 351 170 219 (b) 335 117 0219 (c) 351 107 219 (d) 351 102 19

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