Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 469 · 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 colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 296151904. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 296 615 1904 (b) 296 151 04 (c) 296 151 904 (d) 296 151 094
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, violin, coconut? (a) Vines Dad Cook (b) Cook Vines Dad (c) Dad Vines Cook (d) Vines Cook Dad
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 604502812101. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6045 0218 2101 (b) 6045 0282 101 (c) 6045 0281 22101 (d) 6045 0281 2101
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Sing Red (c) Sing Lions Fly Red (d) Sing Red Lions Fly
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, igloo, doll, mango, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIDMC (b) IDMCJ (c) CMDIJ (d) IJDMC
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Nine (b) Wet Seven Every Nine (c) Nine Every Seven Wet (d) Every Nine Seven Wet
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 118770673. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 776 73 (b) 118 770 6673 (c) 118 707 673 (d) 118 770 673
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 500477452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 504 077 452 (b) 500 477 452 (c) 500 477 52 (d) 500 047 7452
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Funny Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny Mice Ants (d) Funny Mice Ants Jeeps
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 501615023470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5016 1502 3470 (b) 5016 1502 34470 (c) 5016 1520 3470 (d) 5011 5023 470
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, umpire, watch, bucket, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWBLF (b) UFWBL (c) FUWBL (d) LBWUF
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 528585940. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 582 585 940 (b) 528 585 9400 (c) 528 585 940 (d) 528 585 94
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 362178334509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3621 7783 34509 (b) 3621 7833 4590 (c) 3617 8334 509 (d) 3621 7833 4509
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, kite, violin? (a) Kids Frogs Vans (b) Kids Vans Frogs (c) Vans Kids Frogs (d) Frogs Kids Vans
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nine (b) Every Nine Silly Wet (c) Nine Every Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Every Nine
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat (b) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (d) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map

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