Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 216 · 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: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, frog, bucket? (a) Bunny Fly Wet (b) Fly Wet Bunny (c) Fly Bunny Wet (d) Wet Fly Bunny
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 246125527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 246 125 572 (b) 461 255 27 (c) 246 125 5277 (d) 246 125 527
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, candle, frog? (a) Funny Cats Kind (b) Kind Cats Funny (c) Cats Funny Kind (d) Cats Kind Funny
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Play (b) Cook Play Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Play Cook (d) Eight Cook Play Cook
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Sing Wins (b) Every Sing Wins Neat (c) Every Neat Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Every Neat
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 183831321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 138 313 21 (b) 188 383 1321 (c) 183 831 321 (d) 813 831 321
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, violin, ball? (a) Vans Big Toys (b) Big Vans Toys (c) Vans Toys Big (d) Toys Vans Big
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
23. 23.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, shoe, drum? (a) Ice Seven Dance (b) Seven Ice Dance (c) Seven Dance Ice (d) Dance Seven Ice
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, onion, wallet, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWRT (b) TOWR (c) OTWR (d) RWOT
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 231957216. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 195 7216 (b) 231 957 216 (c) 319 572 16 (d) 239 157 216
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 214795807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 214 795 8007 (b) 214 759 807 (c) 214 795 807 (d) 214 798 07
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Fly Jeeps Mice Aunty
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 595450036173. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5955 4500 36173 (b) 5954 5003 1673 (c) 5954 5003 6173 (d) 5954 5003 613
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 527041643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 527 041 43 (b) 527 041 634 (c) 527 041 643 (d) 527 041 6443
38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, lemon, wallet? (a) Love Big Wise (b) Big Love Wise (c) Love Wise Big (d) Wise Love Big
40. 40.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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