Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 513 · 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) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jolly (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) Funny Jolly My All (d) Jolly Funny My All
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Love Fly (b) Sing Love Fly Rani (c) Rani Sing Love Fly (d) Fly Love Sing Rani
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 108448290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 084 482 90 (b) 108 448 290 (c) 110 844 8290 (d) 018 448 290
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2756950886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 695 08886 (b) 275 695 0886 (c) 276 950 886 (d) 275 965 0886
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 448620336. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 448 623 36 (b) 448 620 336 (c) 448 620 0336 (d) 448 623 036
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 409643018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 406 943 018 (b) 406 430 18 (c) 440 964 3018 (d) 409 643 018
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, goat, rose? (a) Goats Lions Rani (b) Lions Goats Rani (c) Rani Goats Lions (d) Goats Rani Lions
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wet Seven (b) Wet Seven Grab (c) Wet Grab Seven (d) Seven Wet Grab
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, coconut, tomato? (a) Tiny Crazy Very (b) Very Crazy Tiny (c) Crazy Tiny Very (d) Crazy Very Tiny
17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 729725507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 725 507 (b) 729 725 5507 (c) 729 725 50 (d) 279 725 507
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6952934066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 293 4066 (b) 695 293 40666 (c) 695 293 406 (d) 695 293 4066
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 429148902. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 148 8902 (b) 429 148 902 (c) 492 148 902 (d) 429 148 02
23. 23.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 289000653. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 289 000 63 (b) 289 000 653 (c) 289 000 563 (d) 289 000 6553
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 133076126631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1330 7612 66311 (b) 1330 7612 6613 (c) 1330 7612 663 (d) 1330 7612 6631
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, tiger, ladder, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLVN (b) VLTN (c) TNLV (d) NTLV
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, monkey, lemon? (a) Lazy Mice Under (b) Mice Lazy Under (c) Mice Under Lazy (d) Under Mice Lazy
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, guava, kettle? (a) Goats My Kites (b) Kites Goats My (c) My Goats Kites (d) Goats Kites My
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, igloo, apple? (a) Inside Nani All (b) All Inside Nani (c) Inside All Nani (d) Nani Inside All
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, tiger, jug? (a) Jeeps Tiny Goats (b) Tiny Goats Jeeps (c) Tiny Jeeps Goats (d) Goats Tiny Jeeps
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Funny Jolly (b) Jolly Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Jolly Mice Aunty (d) Funny Mice Aunty Jolly
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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