Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 499 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, igloo, tomato, van, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UITVL (b) IUTVL (c) ITVLU (d) LVTIU
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9268913196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 926 891 31196 (b) 928 913 196 (c) 926 819 3196 (d) 926 891 3196
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, jalebi, radio? (a) Jolly Red Dogs (b) Dogs Jolly Red (c) Red Jolly Dogs (d) Jolly Dogs Red
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, spoon, glass? (a) Seven Lions Green (b) Green Seven Lions (c) Seven Green Lions (d) Lions Seven Green
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 469983465. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 983 465 (b) 469 984 365 (c) 469 983 65 (d) 469 983 4665
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Cats Pink (b) Cats Every Pink Cats (c) Every Cats Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
14. 14.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 818354187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 818 345 187 (b) 818 354 187 (c) 818 354 18 (d) 818 354 1887
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 224628902556. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2246 8290 2556 (b) 2246 2890 02556 (c) 2246 2890 2556 (d) 2262 8902 556
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tent, drum, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCDA (b) CTDA (c) TDAC (d) ADTC
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, key, sock? (a) Kind Vines Sing (b) Sing Kind Vines (c) Vines Kind Sing (d) Kind Sing Vines
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 878100159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 100 159 (b) 878 100 0159 (c) 878 100 19 (d) 878 100 159
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 131100532. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 131 110 0532 (b) 311 005 32 (c) 131 100 532 (d) 131 100 523
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Nani (b) Every Nani Sing Wet (c) Nani Every Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Nani
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 357394848799. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3573 9484 8799 (b) 3573 9484 879 (c) 3573 3948 48799 (d) 3573 9484 8979
40. 40.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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