Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 311 · 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 acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Lions Eat (b) Lions Eat Pigs All (c) Eat Lions Pigs All (d) Lions Pigs All Eat
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Seven Wise (b) Every Seven Wise Nani (c) Wise Seven Every Nani (d) Nani Every Seven Wise
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My All (b) Jump Funny My All (c) Funny My All Jump (d) All My Funny Jump
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Runs Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Sing Runs (c) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (d) Sing Lions Frogs Runs
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Pink Cook (b) Eight Crazy Pink Cook (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eight
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, ant, cat, whistle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATCWS (b) SWCAT (c) TACWS (d) ACWST
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, wallet, pillow? (a) Wise Pigs Runs (b) Pigs Wise Runs (c) Wise Runs Pigs (d) Runs Wise Pigs
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 872806241425. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8728 0624 4125 (b) 8872 8062 41425 (c) 8728 0621 425 (d) 8728 0624 1425
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, kettle, frog, owl, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVFOS (b) SOFKV (c) VKFOS (d) KFOSV
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Silly Wise (b) Eat Nine Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eat Nine (d) Eat Silly Wise Nine
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eight (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Eight Cats Play Crazy (d) Cats Eight Play Crazy
27. 27.🧰 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
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 395109541662. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3951 0954 41662 (b) 3951 0954 1662 (c) 3951 0954 162 (d) 3951 0954 1626
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly
31. 31.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, owl, flute? (a) Old Neat Fly (b) Neat Old Fly (c) Old Fly Neat (d) Fly Old Neat
34. 34.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, flute, spoon? (a) Silly Funny Ice (b) Funny Silly Ice (c) Funny Ice Silly (d) Ice Funny Silly
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, lemon, key, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBKT (b) LKTB (c) TKLB (d) BLKT
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, kettle, pillow, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPUI (b) UPKI (c) KIPU (d) IKPU
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, mirror, rose, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMRB (b) MRBL (c) BRML (d) MLRB
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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