Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 383 · 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: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, frog, banana, owl, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFBOS (b) FMBOS (c) FBOSM (d) SOBFM
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, goat, kite? (a) Goats Kind Up (b) Kind Goats Up (c) Goats Up Kind (d) Up Goats Kind
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, tomato, jalebi? (a) Tiny Vines Jolly (b) Jolly Tiny Vines (c) Tiny Jolly Vines (d) Vines Tiny Jolly
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, ball, whistle, lamp, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWLRA (b) RLWBA (c) ABWLR (d) BAWLR
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 900647235. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 900 647 253 (b) 900 647 235 (c) 900 064 7235 (d) 900 472 35
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, kite, frog? (a) Kids Fly Cook (b) Cook Kids Fly (c) Fly Kids Cook (d) Kids Cook Fly
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
9. 9.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 474237716. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 472 377 16 (b) 474 237 716 (c) 474 237 7166 (d) 474 237 761
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 7524557475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 752 455 7475 (b) 752 445 57475 (c) 752 455 775 (d) 752 455 7745
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 498443611306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4984 4361 1360 (b) 4984 4611 306 (c) 4984 4361 13066 (d) 4984 4361 1306
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 5768955974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 768 955 974 (b) 567 895 5974 (c) 576 895 5974 (d) 576 689 55974
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Play Cats (b) Cook Play Cats Every (c) Every Cook Play Cats (d) Cats Play Cook Every
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 552992580978. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5529 9258 097 (b) 5529 9285 0978 (c) 5529 9258 0978 (d) 5529 9258 09978
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, lamp, sock, tiger, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLSTM (b) LWSTM (c) LSTMW (d) MTSLW
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Funny Runs (b) Funny Love Sing Runs (c) Runs Sing Love Funny (d) Sing Runs Love Funny
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Sing (b) Sing Wise Grab (c) Grab Wise Sing (d) Wise Sing Grab
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, pillow, drum? (a) Pigs Lazy Dogs (b) Lazy Pigs Dogs (c) Pigs Dogs Lazy (d) Dogs Pigs Lazy
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, frog, wallet? (a) Wet Frogs Tiny (b) Tiny Frogs Wet (c) Frogs Wet Tiny (d) Frogs Tiny Wet

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