Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 709 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 7513041589. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 330 41589 (b) 751 340 1589 (c) 751 304 158 (d) 751 304 1589
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, frog, radio, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRFB (b) BFRC (c) FRCB (d) FBRC
3. 3.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, whistle, monkey, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWMB (b) WJMB (c) WMBJ (d) BMWJ
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Sing Runs (b) Sing Love Funny Runs (c) Runs Sing Love Funny (d) Sing Runs Love Funny
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, frog, pencil? (a) Funny Pigs Cats (b) Funny Cats Pigs (c) Cats Funny Pigs (d) Pigs Funny Cats
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 936288291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 936 288 21 (b) 936 288 2911 (c) 396 288 291 (d) 936 288 291
11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 4691506271. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 649 150 6271 (b) 469 506 271 (c) 469 150 6271 (d) 469 155 06271
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, radio, tiger, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTRI (b) IRTM (c) RITM (d) RTMI
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 344929440984. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3449 2944 0984 (b) 3449 2944 984 (c) 3449 2940 4984 (d) 3449 9294 40984
21. 21.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, kite, violin? (a) Kind Vines Love (b) Love Kind Vines (c) Kind Love Vines (d) Vines Kind Love
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 222020346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 020 364 (b) 222 203 46 (c) 222 020 346 (d) 222 020 3466
26. 26.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wins (b) Wins Sing Every Neat (c) Every Sing Wins Neat (d) Neat Every Sing Wins
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, sock, tiger, key, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKTSC (b) STKRC (c) SCTKR (d) CSTKR
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Eight (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Eight Play Cats
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, kite, vase, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMVN (b) NVKM (c) MKVN (d) KVNM
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink Ants (b) Ants Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Pink Ants Every (d) Lions Every Pink Ants
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, flute, watch, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWFR (b) RFWV (c) FRWV (d) FWVR
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 893671763831. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9836 7176 3831 (b) 8936 7176 331 (c) 8936 7176 3831 (d) 8936 7176 38831
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 659318913. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 138 913 (b) 659 318 913 (c) 593 189 13 (d) 659 318 9913

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