Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 685 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
2. 2.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, radio, lamp? (a) Frogs Red Lions (b) Lions Red Frogs (c) Red Frogs Lions (d) Red Lions Frogs
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
7. 7.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, drum, anchor? (a) Aunty Dad Wise (b) Dad Aunty Wise (c) Wise Dad Aunty (d) Dad Wise Aunty
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Love Fly (b) Sing Runs Love Fly (c) Fly Love Sing Runs (d) Sing Love Fly Runs
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, shoe, umbrella? (a) Dad Sing Uncle (b) Sing Dad Uncle (c) Sing Uncle Dad (d) Uncle Sing Dad
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kettle, igloo, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKIU (b) KIUV (c) KVIU (d) UIKV
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, apple, jalebi, ball, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJBUC (b) CAJBU (c) UBJAC (d) ACJBU
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps My Ants (b) Ants My Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs My Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs My Ants
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 571138505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 138 550 (b) 571 385 05 (c) 571 113 8505 (d) 571 138 505
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 361880450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 188 0450 (b) 316 880 450 (c) 361 884 50 (d) 361 880 450
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.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 127260129505. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1272 6012 905 (b) 1127 2601 29505 (c) 1272 6012 9505 (d) 1272 6012 9055
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
34. 34.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, sock, flute, coconut, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSFCW (b) SFCWV (c) SVFCW (d) WCFSV
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2701633861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 163 38861 (b) 701 633 861 (c) 270 163 3861 (d) 720 163 3861
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 317145957. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 714 5957 (b) 317 149 57 (c) 137 145 957 (d) 317 145 957

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