Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 389 · 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.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 9480309451. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 948 039 0451 (b) 948 003 09451 (c) 948 030 951 (d) 948 030 9451
6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ball, orange, cat, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BROCD (b) RBOCD (c) BOCDR (d) DCOBR
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, net, coconut, drum, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODCNG (b) NCDOG (c) GNCDO (d) NGCDO
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 9797865160. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 979 786 510 (b) 979 786 5160 (c) 979 786 51600 (d) 979 785 6160
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, mirror, coconut? (a) My Crazy Dad (b) Crazy My Dad (c) Dad My Crazy (d) My Dad Crazy
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
18. 18.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 981133835. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 988 113 3835 (b) 811 338 35 (c) 981 138 335 (d) 981 133 835
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, umbrella, ice cream? (a) Inside Under Crazy (b) Under Crazy Inside (c) Under Inside Crazy (d) Crazy Under Inside
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 358531111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 311 11 (b) 358 531 111 (c) 358 531 1111 (d) 385 531 111
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, cat, glass? (a) Cook Only Green (b) Green Cook Only (c) Cook Green Only (d) Only Cook Green
28. 28.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, guava, violin? (a) Ants Goats Very (b) Very Goats Ants (c) Goats Ants Very (d) Goats Very Ants
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Neat (c) Neat Every Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Every Neat
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 479146568. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 791 465 68 (b) 479 146 5688 (c) 479 146 568 (d) 497 146 568
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Eat (b) Love Pigs Aunty Eat (c) Eat Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Eat Pigs Aunty
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, jeep, umbrella? (a) Jump Funny Up (b) Up Jump Funny (c) Jump Up Funny (d) Funny Jump Up
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 855257214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 525 7214 (b) 852 572 14 (c) 855 275 214 (d) 855 257 214
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, rose, urn? (a) Under Red Kids (b) Red Kids Under (c) Kids Red Under (d) Red Under Kids
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 355562850180. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3555 6285 0180 (b) 3555 6285 01880 (c) 5556 2850 180 (d) 3555 6285 0810

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