Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 718 · 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 the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Seven Rani (c) Rani Seven Lions Fly (d) Seven Lions Fly Rani
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, igloo, mango? (a) Mice Ink Love (b) Ink Love Mice (c) Love Ink Mice (d) Ink Mice Love
3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, pencil, tomato? (a) Jump Pigs Toys (b) Pigs Toys Jump (c) Toys Pigs Jump (d) Pigs Jump Toys
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 288501227. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 285 801 227 (b) 288 501 227 (c) 228 850 1227 (d) 288 501 27
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 763464778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 464 778 (b) 776 346 4778 (c) 634 647 78 (d) 763 464 778
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
22. 22.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mice Ants (b) Frogs Mice Ants Jump (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jump (d) Frogs Jump Mice Ants
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Nine (c) Wise Silly Every Nine (d) Every Nine Silly Wise
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, jeep, lamp? (a) Love Jeeps Crazy (b) Jeeps Love Crazy (c) Crazy Jeeps Love (d) Jeeps Crazy Love
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, needle, frog, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNFU (b) UFNJ (c) NFUJ (d) NJFU
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Love Funny (b) Seven Rani Love Funny (c) Funny Love Seven Rani (d) Seven Love Funny Rani
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, rope, tent? (a) Green Red Toys (b) Red Green Toys (c) Toys Red Green (d) Red Toys Green
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, candle, mango? (a) Cats Mum Goats (b) Cats Goats Mum (c) Goats Cats Mum (d) Mum Cats Goats
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, owl, jalebi, tomato, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJTPD (b) PTJOD (c) ODJTP (d) DOJTP
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.🧰 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

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