Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 481 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, ladder, urn? (a) Lions Up Big (b) Up Lions Big (c) Big Lions Up (d) Lions Big Up
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, onion, cat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOCD (b) OSCD (c) OCDS (d) DCOS
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, apple, vase, coconut, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFVCJ (b) FAVCJ (c) AVCJF (d) JCVAF
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 273802210214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2733 8022 10214 (b) 2738 0221 024 (c) 2738 0221 0214 (d) 2378 0221 0214
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, pillow, igloo, banana, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIBFN (b) NPIBF (c) FBIPN (d) PNIBF
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, watch, candle, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVCS (b) VWCS (c) WCSV (d) SCWV
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6110233021. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 611 022 33021 (b) 611 023 3021 (c) 611 023 3012 (d) 611 023 021
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pigs All (b) Lazy Eat Pigs All (c) All Pigs Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Pigs All Eat
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Silly Grab (b) Grab Wet Silly (c) Wet Grab Silly (d) Silly Wet Grab
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 860508023247. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8605 0800 23247 (b) 6805 0802 3247 (c) 8650 8023 247 (d) 8605 0802 3247
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, anchor, drum? (a) Dad Ants Funny (b) Ants Funny Dad (c) Ants Dad Funny (d) Funny Ants Dad
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Eat Nani (b) Eat Sing Wet Nani (c) Eat Nani Sing Wet (d) Nani Eat Sing Wet
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, apple, doll, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LADF (b) ADFL (c) FDAL (d) ALDF
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8609234610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 886 092 34610 (b) 806 923 4610 (c) 860 923 410 (d) 860 923 4610
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 767577099. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 765 770 99 (b) 776 577 099 (c) 767 577 0099 (d) 767 577 099
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 591603404349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5591 6034 04349 (b) 9160 3404 349 (c) 5916 0340 4349 (d) 5916 0430 4349
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 307968982550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3079 6898 2550 (b) 3079 8698 2550 (c) 3079 6898 82550 (d) 3079 6892 550
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, drum, igloo? (a) Dad Red Ink (b) Dad Ink Red (c) Ink Dad Red (d) Red Dad Ink
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, jalebi, doll, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDJV (b) JDPV (c) VJDP (d) JVDP
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tiger, kettle? (a) Kind Toys Seven (b) Toys Seven Kind (c) Toys Kind Seven (d) Seven Toys Kind
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4746908442. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 474 690 08442 (b) 474 690 8442 (c) 474 690 842 (d) 744 690 8442
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 371614828625. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7161 4828 625 (b) 3716 1482 8625 (c) 3716 1448 28625 (d) 3716 1482 8265
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 300900279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 300 900 27 (b) 309 000 279 (c) 300 900 279 (d) 330 090 0279

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