Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 540 · 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: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 287110376820. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2871 0376 820 (b) 2871 1037 6820 (c) 2887 1103 76820 (d) 8271 1037 6820
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 397001230176. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3970 0012 30176 (b) 3700 1230 176 (c) 3970 0213 0176 (d) 3970 0123 0176
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
7. 7.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lazy Pink All (b) All Pink Lazy Every (c) Lazy Every Pink All (d) Lazy Pink All Every
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (c) Cook Eight Pigs Cook (d) Eight Cook Cook Pigs
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, cat, ball? (a) Cats Ants Bakes (b) Cats Bakes Ants (c) Bakes Cats Ants (d) Ants Cats Bakes
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wise Nani (b) Wise Silly Eat Nani (c) Eat Nani Silly Wise (d) Nani Eat Silly Wise
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 3175068311. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 506 811 (b) 317 500 68311 (c) 315 706 8311 (d) 317 506 8311
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 381392777. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 831 392 777 (b) 383 927 77 (c) 381 392 777 (d) 388 139 2777
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 986192290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 986 129 290 (b) 986 192 2290 (c) 986 922 90 (d) 986 192 290
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, umpire, jalebi, orange, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOJUC (b) UJOWC (c) CUJOW (d) UCJOW
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, rose, fan? (a) Jump Red Funny (b) Red Jump Funny (c) Funny Red Jump (d) Red Funny Jump
32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wise (b) Nani Eat Seven Wise (c) Eat Seven Wise Nani (d) Wise Seven Eat Nani
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, fan, kettle? (a) Fly Inside Kids (b) Inside Fly Kids (c) Kids Fly Inside (d) Fly Kids Inside
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, fan, wallet, bucket, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWBVD (b) DFWBV (c) FDWBV (d) VBWFD
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, key, lemon? (a) Kites Lions Ink (b) Kites Ink Lions (c) Ink Kites Lions (d) Lions Kites Ink
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, van, ladder, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWLR (b) VLRW (c) WVLR (d) RLVW

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