Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 70 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, jug, rose? (a) Runs Jolly Ink (b) Jolly Runs Ink (c) Jolly Ink Runs (d) Ink Jolly Runs
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 850422325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 850 422 325 (b) 885 042 2325 (c) 850 223 25 (d) 854 022 325
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, ball, lemon? (a) Seven Bakes Love (b) Love Bakes Seven (c) Bakes Love Seven (d) Bakes Seven Love
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 186223659792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1862 2365 9792 (b) 1186 2236 59792 (c) 1862 2659 792 (d) 1862 2365 9729
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, ice cream, fan? (a) Ice Funny Dance (b) Dance Ice Funny (c) Funny Ice Dance (d) Ice Dance Funny
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 150549229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 150 549 292 (b) 150 054 9229 (c) 150 549 29 (d) 150 549 229
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, nest, banana? (a) Bakes Nani Ants (b) Nani Bakes Ants (c) Nani Ants Bakes (d) Ants Nani Bakes
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Every Nine (b) Nine Every Silly Wet (c) Every Silly Wet Nine (d) Every Nine Silly Wet
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, apple, monkey, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMNT (b) NMAT (c) TAMN (d) ATMN
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (c) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (d) Eat Cook Cook Pigs
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8866677962. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 886 667 7962 (b) 866 677 962 (c) 886 667 79662 (d) 886 667 7926
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2122413868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 212 244 13868 (b) 212 413 868 (c) 212 241 3868 (d) 212 243 1868
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, spoon, urn, nest, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNUSB (b) SBUNW (c) BSUNW (d) SUNWB
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 201526917. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 201 529 17 (b) 201 526 6917 (c) 201 526 917 (d) 201 256 917
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Runs (c) Seven Lions Funny Runs (d) Runs Seven Lions Funny
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, net, orange? (a) Owls Neat Cook (b) Cook Neat Owls (c) Neat Owls Cook (d) Neat Cook Owls
40. 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map

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