Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 699 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, flute, igloo? (a) Frogs Mice Ice (b) Ice Frogs Mice (c) Frogs Ice Mice (d) Mice Frogs Ice
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wet Neat (b) Eight Neat Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eight Neat (d) Neat Eight Seven Wet
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, urn, fan? (a) Funny Under Ice (b) Under Funny Ice (c) Ice Under Funny (d) Under Ice Funny
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 5675112374. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 512 1374 (b) 567 511 2374 (c) 565 112 374 (d) 566 751 12374
7. 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 787279008670. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7872 7900 8670 (b) 7872 7900 870 (c) 7827 7900 8670 (d) 7872 7990 08670
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, radio, candle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRCB (b) RLCB (c) RCBL (d) BCRL
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 130024766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 204 766 (b) 130 247 66 (c) 130 024 766 (d) 113 002 4766
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, drum, rope, net, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDRNO (b) DRNOW (c) DWRNO (d) ONRDW
20. 20.🧰 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
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, parrot, kite? (a) Pigs Kids Mum (b) Pigs Mum Kids (c) Kids Pigs Mum (d) Mum Pigs Kids
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Jeeps Mice Ants (d) Frogs Mice Ants Jeeps
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, spoon, anchor, tent, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSATB (b) SATBF (c) BTASF (d) SFATB
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 969381038. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 969 381 08 (b) 969 381 1038 (c) 969 381 038 (d) 969 380 138
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, spoon, pencil? (a) Play Sing Kind (b) Sing Kind Play (c) Kind Sing Play (d) Sing Play Kind
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, onion, drum, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODMA (b) OADM (c) AODM (d) MDOA
29. 29.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
30. 30.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Seven
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 260038185987. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2600 3818 5987 (b) 2060 3818 5987 (c) 2600 0381 85987 (d) 2603 8185 987
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, candle, frog, anchor, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCFAR (b) RAFCB (c) CFARB (d) CBFAR

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