Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 695 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, spoon, rose, jug, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJRSO (b) SORJV (c) SRJVO (d) OSRJV
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 251877563. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 877 7563 (b) 251 877 536 (c) 258 775 63 (d) 251 877 563
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 312114811562. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3121 1481 1562 (b) 3121 1481 1526 (c) 3121 4811 562 (d) 3112 1148 11562
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (d) Jump Fly Mum Aunty
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wins Neat (b) Neat Eight Sing Wins (c) Eight Neat Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Eight Neat
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 810564307740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8105 6430 7740 (b) 8105 6430 77440 (c) 8105 6430 740 (d) 8105 6437 0740
16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (c) Love Pigs Aunty Eight (d) Eight Love Pigs Aunty
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 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
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, glass, lamp, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGLN (b) NLGB (c) GLNB (d) GBLN
23. 23.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, spoon, ball, pencil, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBPTF (b) FSBPT (c) TPBSF (d) SFBPT
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 4761048854. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 746 104 8854 (b) 476 104 8854 (c) 476 100 48854 (d) 476 104 854
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 703268377973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7326 8377 973 (b) 7032 6837 7973 (c) 7003 2683 77973 (d) 7023 6837 7973
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, owl, inkpot, tomato, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OITMD (b) ODITM (c) MTIOD (d) DOITM
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 880565124951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8805 6512 491 (b) 8805 6511 24951 (c) 8805 6512 4951 (d) 8805 6514 2951
30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 633628279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 636 282 79 (b) 633 628 2279 (c) 633 628 297 (d) 633 628 279
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 5733983045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 573 398 3045 (b) 573 393 045 (c) 573 398 3054 (d) 573 398 30445
36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, cat, watch, net, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) INWCB (b) CBWNI (c) BCWNI (d) CWNIB

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