Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 597 · 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 planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
2. 2.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Pigs Cats (d) Eat Cook Pigs Cats
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, van, sock, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRSK (b) VSKR (c) RVSK (d) KSVR
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 624456630. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 624 456 6630 (b) 624 466 30 (c) 624 456 630 (d) 624 456 603
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, parrot, key, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKPL (b) PKCL (c) LPKC (d) PLKC
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tent, pencil, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTPA (b) TFPA (c) APTF (d) TPAF
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, umbrella, lamp, apple, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFLAB (b) FULAB (c) ULABF (d) BALUF
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (b) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Lions Eight (d) Eight Lions Pigs Ants
22. 22.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 4620801181. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 462 080 11811 (b) 460 280 1181 (c) 460 801 181 (d) 462 080 1181
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, nest, goat, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFGB (b) NGBF (c) FNGB (d) BGNF
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 131267550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 131 267 550 (b) 132 675 50 (c) 131 267 505 (d) 131 226 7550
27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 690804869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 048 69 (b) 698 004 869 (c) 690 800 4869 (d) 690 804 869
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3397602108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 976 02108 (b) 397 602 108 (c) 339 760 2108 (d) 337 960 2108
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 843050741. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 507 41 (b) 843 050 741 (c) 840 350 741 (d) 843 305 0741
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 6514108945. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 651 108 945 (b) 651 410 89455 (c) 651 418 0945 (d) 651 410 8945
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1444952973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 495 29773 (b) 444 952 973 (c) 144 495 2973 (d) 144 945 2973
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, kettle, watch? (a) Wins Kites Goats (b) Kites Wins Goats (c) Goats Kites Wins (d) Kites Goats Wins
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, banana, ladder? (a) Big Love Ice (b) Ice Big Love (c) Love Big Ice (d) Big Ice Love
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, van, jug, banana, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJBGU (b) VUJBG (c) UVJBG (d) GBJVU

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