Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 477 · 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 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
3. 3.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 859109537769. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8591 0953 7796 (b) 8591 0953 7769 (c) 8510 9537 769 (d) 8591 0953 37769
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5061730108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 173 1008 (b) 501 730 108 (c) 506 173 0108 (d) 506 177 30108
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 781211220. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 782 112 20 (b) 781 211 220 (c) 718 211 220 (d) 788 121 1220
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, whistle, coconut, anchor, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTCAS (b) SACWT (c) WCAST (d) TWCAS
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Fly (b) Rani Seven Lions Fly (c) Fly Lions Seven Rani (d) Seven Lions Fly Rani
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 6802945962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 680 294 962 (b) 680 294 5692 (c) 680 294 5962 (d) 680 294 55962
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 2548576378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 254 857 6738 (b) 254 857 637 (c) 225 485 76378 (d) 254 857 6378
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 592688349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 592 683 49 (b) 592 688 8349 (c) 529 688 349 (d) 592 688 349
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 904287431. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 287 41 (b) 904 287 431 (c) 904 288 7431 (d) 902 487 431
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Silly (b) Silly Wet Grab (c) Wet Silly Grab (d) Grab Wet Silly
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 783492338091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7834 9233 8091 (b) 7834 9233 8019 (c) 7349 2338 091 (d) 7834 9233 80991
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, kite, monkey, inkpot, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKMIJ (b) KVMIJ (c) JIMKV (d) KMIJV
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, needle, radio, candle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRCID (b) ICRND (c) DNRCI (d) NDRCI
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Silly Wet (b) Neat Eight Silly Wet (c) Eight Silly Wet Neat (d) Wet Silly Eight Neat
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 761446399572. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7614 6399 572 (b) 7614 4639 9572 (c) 7614 6439 9572 (d) 7614 4633 99572

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