Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 642 · 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 an acronym. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 8337621352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 833 766 21352 (b) 833 762 132 (c) 833 762 1325 (d) 833 762 1352
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, cat, shoe? (a) Cook Green Silly (b) Cook Silly Green (c) Green Cook Silly (d) Silly Cook Green
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 287741082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 287 741 082 (b) 287 410 82 (c) 827 741 082 (d) 287 774 1082
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, umbrella, radio, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORUI (b) UROI (c) UIRO (d) IURO
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 563821409. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 563 821 049 (b) 563 824 09 (c) 563 821 409 (d) 563 821 4009
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lazy Funny (b) Silly Red Lazy Funny (c) Silly Lazy Funny Red (d) Funny Lazy Silly Red
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Pink Cats (d) Cook Pink Cats Eat
19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 218565626. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 656 26 (b) 218 565 6266 (c) 218 565 266 (d) 218 565 626
24. 24.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, apple, doll, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADIR (b) IDAR (c) ARDI (d) RADI
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, fan, anchor? (a) Seven Funny All (b) All Funny Seven (c) Funny Seven All (d) Funny All Seven
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Every (b) Cats Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Every Pink Cats (d) Every Cook Pink Cats
30. 30.🔤 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2306696800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 230 669 8600 (b) 230 669 68000 (c) 230 669 6800 (d) 206 696 800
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 5921642363. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 921 642 363 (b) 592 164 2363 (c) 592 164 2633 (d) 559 216 42363
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 852573029345. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8552 5730 29345 (b) 8525 7302 9345 (c) 8527 3029 345 (d) 8525 7309 2345
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Pigs Ants (b) Love Pigs Ants Eight (c) Love Eight Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Love Eight
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 141912032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 141 912 032 (b) 119 120 32 (c) 141 191 2032 (d) 114 912 032
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 247691035. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 691 305 (b) 276 910 35 (c) 247 769 1035 (d) 247 691 035
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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