Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 555 · 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 acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (b) Runs Seven Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (d) Seven Runs Lazy Fly
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, frog, watch, sock, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOWSB (b) BSWFO (c) FWSBO (d) OFWSB
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 990899922. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 990 899 922 (b) 908 999 22 (c) 990 989 922 (d) 999 089 9922
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 533662055427. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5336 6200 55427 (b) 5336 6205 5427 (c) 5336 6205 5472 (d) 5336 6205 527
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 437547346542. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4735 4734 6542 (b) 4375 4733 46542 (c) 4375 4734 6542 (d) 4375 4734 642
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, umbrella, sock, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USPK (b) PSUK (c) UKSP (d) KUSP
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5021596507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 159 6507 (b) 502 159 65007 (c) 052 159 6507 (d) 502 159 650
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, ice cream, rope? (a) Rani Ink Mice (b) Ink Mice Rani (c) Ink Rani Mice (d) Mice Ink Rani
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, anchor, inkpot? (a) Ice All Fly (b) All Fly Ice (c) All Ice Fly (d) Fly All Ice
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 2439017895. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 243 901 7895 (b) 243 901 77895 (c) 243 901 7859 (d) 239 017 895
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
20. 20.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Every Neat (c) Every Neat Sing Wet (d) Every Sing Wet Neat
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 790309500. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 309 050 (b) 790 309 00 (c) 790 309 500 (d) 790 330 9500
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, van, igloo, orange, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOIVC (b) VCIOK (c) VIOKC (d) CVIOK
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eight (b) Eight Cook Pink Cats (c) Cook Eight Pink Cats (d) Cook Pink Cats Eight
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 218536466. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 853 6466 (b) 218 534 666 (c) 218 536 466 (d) 215 364 66
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 255708241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 082 41 (b) 255 078 241 (c) 255 708 241 (d) 255 570 8241
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum All (b) Funny Mum All Jolly (c) All Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Jolly Mum All
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Nine (c) Every Nine Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nine
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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