Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 431 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, spoon, tent? (a) Dad Sing Tea (b) Tea Sing Dad (c) Sing Dad Tea (d) Sing Tea Dad
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, pencil, drum? (a) Dad Pink Seven (b) Seven Pink Dad (c) Pink Dad Seven (d) Pink Seven Dad
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, rose, candle, spoon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRCSO (b) OSCRF (c) RFCSO (d) RCSOF
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, pencil, tent, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFTSU (b) USTPF (c) PTSUF (d) FPTSU
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 7228218252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 722 821 18252 (b) 722 821 8252 (c) 722 821 8522 (d) 722 218 252
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, owl, spoon? (a) Old Seven Ice (b) Seven Old Ice (c) Ice Old Seven (d) Old Ice Seven
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 526675578. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 765 578 (b) 526 667 5578 (c) 526 675 578 (d) 526 755 78
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, kite, pencil? (a) Pink Kites Fly (b) Kites Fly Pink (c) Kites Pink Fly (d) Fly Kites Pink
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, drum, umpire, pencil, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIUPN (b) NPUDI (c) DUPNI (d) IDUPN
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 8408617415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 861 17415 (b) 840 861 7415 (c) 848 617 415 (d) 840 681 7415
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 882854378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 828 854 378 (b) 882 843 78 (c) 882 854 3778 (d) 882 854 378
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, net, kite, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKWR (b) NRKW (c) WKNR (d) RNKW
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 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) nothing at all (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, kettle, tomato, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFTD (b) DTKF (c) KTDF (d) FKTD
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 738364023470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7336 4023 470 (b) 7383 6400 23470 (c) 7383 6402 3470 (d) 7338 6402 3470
28. 28.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Ants Eight (b) Ants Play Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Play Ants (d) Lazy Eight Play Ants
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, cat, apple? (a) Cook All My (b) All Cook My (c) My Cook All (d) Cook My All
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nani (b) Nani Every Silly Wet (c) Every Nani Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Every Nani
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map

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