Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 428 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, frog, jalebi? (a) Frogs Jeeps Green (b) Jeeps Frogs Green (c) Frogs Green Jeeps (d) Green Frogs Jeeps
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 169687480. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 196 687 480 (b) 169 687 480 (c) 169 687 40 (d) 169 687 4800
5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, igloo, jug? (a) Jeeps Ink Funny (b) Ink Jeeps Funny (c) Ink Funny Jeeps (d) Funny Ink Jeeps
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 197210100592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1972 1010 092 (b) 9172 1010 0592 (c) 1972 1010 0592 (d) 1972 1010 05922
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ant, rose, coconut, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANRCU (b) UCRAN (c) ARCUN (d) NARCU
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (c) Crazy Every Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Every
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 899266376. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 899 266 376 (b) 989 266 376 (c) 899 263 76 (d) 899 926 6376
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3834646634. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 383 446 6634 (b) 383 464 634 (c) 383 464 66634 (d) 383 464 6634
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 146684260. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 146 684 2260 (b) 416 684 260 (c) 146 684 26 (d) 146 684 260
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 919871534410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9198 7153 44410 (b) 9189 7153 4410 (c) 9197 1534 410 (d) 9198 7153 4410
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, coconut, duck? (a) Cook Goats Dogs (b) Dogs Cook Goats (c) Goats Cook Dogs (d) Cook Dogs Goats
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mice All (b) Fly Mice All Jump (c) All Mice Fly Jump (d) Jump Fly Mice All
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Every (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (d) Every Cats Pigs Crazy
34. 34.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 5087509072. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 508 750 9072 (b) 508 750 9702 (c) 507 509 072 (d) 508 875 09072
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 2149921248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 214 499 21248 (b) 214 992 1248 (c) 219 921 248 (d) 214 992 1428
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 3153719723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 315 371 9723 (b) 311 537 19723 (c) 315 371 9732 (d) 313 719 723

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