Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 480 · 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.🧰 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) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, nest, jalebi? (a) Neat Jump Green (b) Neat Green Jump (c) Jump Neat Green (d) Green Neat Jump
7. 7.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Silly (b) Wise Green Silly (c) Wise Silly Green (d) Silly Wise Green
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, van, rope? (a) Vines Runs Dad (b) Dad Vines Runs (c) Runs Vines Dad (d) Vines Dad Runs
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 719334657. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 333 4657 (b) 713 934 657 (c) 719 334 57 (d) 719 334 657
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Lions Eat (b) Lions Pigs Ants Eat (c) Eat Lions Pigs Ants (d) Lions Eat Pigs Ants
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Ants Eight (b) Love Eight Play Ants (c) Ants Play Love Eight (d) Eight Love Play Ants
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pink Aunty (b) Eat Lions Pink Aunty (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eat (d) Aunty Pink Lions Eat
17. 17.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔤 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
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, net, parrot? (a) Up Nani Pink (b) Nani Up Pink (c) Nani Pink Up (d) Pink Nani Up
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 5321174360. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 532 111 74360 (b) 532 114 360 (c) 532 114 7360 (d) 532 117 4360
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, umpire, tent? (a) Tiny Up Vines (b) Up Tiny Vines (c) Vines Up Tiny (d) Up Vines Tiny
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, radio, apple, key, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKARL (b) RLAKV (c) RAKVL (d) LRAKV
26. 26.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Seven Wet Goats (c) Goats Wet Seven (d) Wet Seven Goats
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 295051411602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2955 0514 11602 (b) 2950 5141 160 (c) 2950 5141 1602 (d) 2950 5411 1602
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 999415141778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9991 5141 778 (b) 9994 1514 41778 (c) 9994 1514 1778 (d) 9994 1514 7178
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 811282379. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 228 379 (b) 812 823 79 (c) 881 128 2379 (d) 811 282 379
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jalebi, igloo? (a) Jolly Cook Inside (b) Jolly Inside Cook (c) Inside Jolly Cook (d) Cook Jolly Inside
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, needle, guava, parrot, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNGPK (b) NDGPK (c) NGPKD (d) KPGND
37. 37.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Nani (b) Nani Eat Seven Wise (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Eat Seven Wise Nani
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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