Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 291 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, mango, rose? (a) Red Mum Crazy (b) Crazy Mum Red (c) Mum Crazy Red (d) Mum Red Crazy
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, inkpot, wallet, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWVJ (b) JIWV (c) IJWV (d) VWIJ
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, van, glass, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGMA (b) VAGM (c) AVGM (d) MGVA
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 9038930040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 903 889 30040 (b) 908 930 040 (c) 908 393 0040 (d) 903 893 0040
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Cats Every (b) Every Cook Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cook Every (d) Cook Every Play Cats
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ant, umpire, lamp, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILUAN (b) NAULI (c) AULIN (d) ANULI
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (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) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lions Fly (b) Red Silly Lions Fly (c) Fly Lions Silly Red (d) Silly Lions Fly Red
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, inkpot, ball? (a) Big Ink Goats (b) Ink Big Goats (c) Ink Goats Big (d) Goats Ink Big
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (d) Lions Eight Pink Aunty
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 9126811723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 681 7123 (b) 912 681 123 (c) 991 268 11723 (d) 912 681 1723
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, parrot, tomato, flute, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPTFA (b) PVTFA (c) AFTPV (d) PTFAV
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wet Neat (b) Neat Eat Sing Wet (c) Eat Neat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Neat
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Wins Green Silly (c) Green Wins Silly (d) Silly Wins Green
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3827975176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 382 797 1576 (b) 382 797 5176 (c) 327 975 176 (d) 338 279 75176
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, pillow, kettle? (a) Kids Play Uncle (b) Play Kids Uncle (c) Uncle Play Kids (d) Play Uncle Kids
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, parrot, tomato? (a) Pink Tea Dance (b) Pink Dance Tea (c) Tea Pink Dance (d) Dance Pink Tea
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, spoon, nest, drum, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDNSO (b) SONDB (c) OSNDB (d) SNDBO
35. 35.🔤 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
36. 36.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Eight Nine (b) Eight Nine Silly Wet (c) Eight Silly Wet Nine (d) Nine Eight Silly Wet
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym

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