Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 336 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lions Funny (b) Sing Lions Funny Red (c) Funny Lions Sing Red (d) Sing Red Lions Funny
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Love Eight (b) Eight Love Pigs Ants (c) Love Pigs Ants Eight (d) Love Eight Pigs Ants
6. 6.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 211025592733. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2110 2559 27733 (b) 2110 2552 733 (c) 2110 2559 2733 (d) 2110 2559 7233
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
13. 13.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 6911064241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 691 106 42241 (b) 691 016 4241 (c) 691 106 4241 (d) 691 106 421
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, ice cream, nest? (a) Mum Ice Neat (b) Ice Neat Mum (c) Ice Mum Neat (d) Neat Ice Mum
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Love Seven Rani (b) Rani Seven Love Fly (c) Seven Love Fly Rani (d) Seven Rani Love Fly
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 923229440892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2932 2944 0892 (b) 9232 2944 40892 (c) 9222 9440 892 (d) 9232 2944 0892
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9308227753. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 827 2753 (b) 930 822 7753 (c) 930 822 27753 (d) 938 227 753
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, anchor, umpire, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MAUP (b) AMUP (c) PUAM (d) AUPM
26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 1259103157. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 591 03157 (b) 125 910 3157 (c) 125 913 0157 (d) 259 103 157
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Grab (b) Wins Seven Grab (c) Grab Wins Seven (d) Wins Grab Seven
29. 29.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Love Funny (b) Funny Love Silly Runs (c) Silly Runs Love Funny (d) Silly Love Funny Runs
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, vase, cat? (a) Vans Cook Inside (b) Inside Vans Cook (c) Vans Inside Cook (d) Cook Vans Inside
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wet (b) Eat Seven Wet Nine (c) Eat Nine Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eat Nine
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 395315367. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 531 5367 (b) 393 153 67 (c) 395 315 367 (d) 359 315 367
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Cats (d) Eight Cats Cats Pink
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, rose, flute? (a) Frogs Rani Seven (b) Rani Frogs Seven (c) Rani Seven Frogs (d) Seven Rani Frogs
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 3824612006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 388 246 12006 (b) 382 461 206 (c) 382 461 2060 (d) 382 461 2006
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 4403347990. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 440 334 7990 (b) 404 334 7990 (c) 403 347 990 (d) 444 033 47990
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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme

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