Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 624 · 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.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 114400121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 141 400 121 (b) 144 001 21 (c) 111 440 0121 (d) 114 400 121
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 432255053. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 432 255 0553 (b) 432 255 035 (c) 432 255 053 (d) 432 250 53
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, fan, guava, shoe, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFGSC (b) FBGSC (c) FGSCB (d) CSGFB
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mum Fly Jump (b) Fly Mum All Jump (c) Jump Fly Mum All (d) Fly Jump Mum All
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every (b) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (c) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (d) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 547908911974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5470 9891 1974 (b) 5477 9089 11974 (c) 5479 0891 1974 (d) 5479 0891 194
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, apple, glass? (a) All Goats Crazy (b) Goats All Crazy (c) Crazy All Goats (d) All Crazy Goats
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 686803026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 868 030 26 (b) 686 830 026 (c) 686 803 026 (d) 686 803 3026
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, shoe, kettle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSKP (b) SKPO (c) SOKP (d) PKSO
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ball, drum, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BADO (b) ODBA (c) BDOA (d) ABDO
27. 27.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, owl, igloo, needle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODINB (b) DOINB (c) OINBD (d) BNIOD
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, key, guava, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGKF (b) KFGA (c) KGAF (d) FKGA
32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 874182544. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 874 182 544 (b) 874 185 244 (c) 874 182 54 (d) 874 182 5444
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, sock, rose? (a) Seven Cook Runs (b) Runs Seven Cook (c) Cook Seven Runs (d) Seven Runs Cook
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, shoe, ball, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STBM (b) SBMT (c) MBST (d) TSBM
38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 511143087702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5111 3087 702 (b) 5111 4380 7702 (c) 5111 1430 87702 (d) 5111 4308 7702
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9833807726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 983 387 0726 (b) 983 380 726 (c) 983 380 7726 (d) 983 380 77726

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