Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 255 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, apple, kettle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKAV (b) VAKR (c) AKRV (d) AVKR
2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, lamp, bucket? (a) Lazy Bakes Under (b) Lazy Under Bakes (c) Bakes Lazy Under (d) Under Lazy Bakes
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 6149556029. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 661 495 56029 (b) 614 955 6029 (c) 614 955 609 (d) 641 955 6029
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 496776821663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4996 7768 21663 (b) 4677 6821 663 (c) 4967 6782 1663 (d) 4967 7682 1663
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Play Aunty (b) Eat Lazy Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eat
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tent, wallet, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCWL (b) TWLC (c) CTWL (d) LWTC
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, doll, lemon? (a) Dogs Ants Love (b) Love Dogs Ants (c) Ants Dogs Love (d) Dogs Love Ants
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, banana, mango? (a) My Bunny Up (b) Bunny My Up (c) Bunny Up My (d) Up Bunny My
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, anchor, mango? (a) Ants Grab My (b) My Ants Grab (c) Ants My Grab (d) Grab Ants My
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 929618697895. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9296 1886 97895 (b) 9261 8697 895 (c) 9296 1869 7895 (d) 9296 1867 9895
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 511001009637. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5101 0100 9637 (b) 5110 0010 09637 (c) 5110 0100 9637 (d) 5110 0100 963
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, cat, monkey? (a) Cats Big Mice (b) Cats Mice Big (c) Mice Cats Big (d) Big Cats Mice
31. 31.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, onion, needle? (a) Old My Neat (b) Old Neat My (c) Neat Old My (d) My Old Neat
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jug, violin, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVJG (b) JVNG (c) GJVN (d) JGVN
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Wise Seven Green (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Green Wise Seven
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tent, cat, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCJF (b) FTCJ (c) TFCJ (d) JCTF
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — 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) False (b) True

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