Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 413 · 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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, inkpot, ladder? (a) Inside Lazy Jolly (b) Lazy Inside Jolly (c) Jolly Inside Lazy (d) Inside Jolly Lazy
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, cat, ball, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTBV (b) TCBV (c) VBCT (d) CBVT
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, owl, van, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUVOF (b) FOVUG (c) OFVUG (d) OVUGF
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, nest, urn, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUDV (b) VNUD (c) NVUD (d) DUNV
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 241632428611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2416 3248 2611 (b) 2441 6324 28611 (c) 2416 2428 611 (d) 2416 3242 8611
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Neat (b) Neat Every Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Every Neat (d) Every Neat Silly Wet
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, sock, anchor, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMAF (b) FASM (c) MSAF (d) SAFM
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, urn, jeep, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJKS (b) KJUS (c) SUJK (d) USJK
13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, vase, ice cream, watch, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWIVF (b) VFIWA (c) VIWAF (d) FVIWA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 6313701609. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 631 730 1609 (b) 313 701 609 (c) 631 370 11609 (d) 631 370 1609
19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, flute, nest, lemon, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFNLC (b) FDNLC (c) FNLCD (d) CLNFD
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3393689071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 936 89071 (b) 339 368 9071 (c) 339 368 901 (d) 393 368 9071
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, needle, parrot? (a) Nine Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Nine Pigs (c) Nine Crazy Pigs (d) Pigs Nine Crazy
25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 498973211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 498 973 21 (b) 498 973 121 (c) 498 973 211 (d) 498 997 3211
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 586005708. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 586 005 7088 (b) 586 005 708 (c) 856 005 708 (d) 580 057 08
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 115007373401. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1150 0737 3401 (b) 1150 0737 34401 (c) 1100 7373 401 (d) 1150 0737 3041
30. 30.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 216032680520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2160 3268 0520 (b) 2160 3268 05220 (c) 2160 2680 520 (d) 2160 3268 0502
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, igloo, jeep? (a) Jeeps Ink Cook (b) Cook Ink Jeeps (c) Ink Cook Jeeps (d) Ink Jeeps Cook
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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