Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 722 · 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: lamp, flute, violin? (a) Love Fly Vines (b) Fly Vines Love (c) Fly Love Vines (d) Vines Fly Love
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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 684187119162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6841 8711 9126 (b) 6844 1871 19162 (c) 6841 8711 9162 (d) 6841 8119 162
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 225152806. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 152 806 (b) 225 152 860 (c) 225 152 06 (d) 225 155 2806
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, onion, inkpot? (a) Ice Owls Funny (b) Owls Funny Ice (c) Owls Ice Funny (d) Funny Owls Ice
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Cook Play (b) Eat Cook Play Cook (c) Cook Eat Play Cook (d) Cook Play Cook Eat
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 425119265. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 425 511 9265 (b) 452 119 265 (c) 425 119 65 (d) 425 119 265
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play Ants Every (b) Every Lions Play Ants (c) Lions Every Play Ants (d) Ants Play Lions Every
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jeeps
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink Aunty (b) Lions Every Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Lions Every (d) Lions Pink Aunty Every
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 515362637. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 513 626 37 (b) 515 362 637 (c) 513 562 637 (d) 515 362 6377
22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 118850599. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 850 5999 (b) 118 850 599 (c) 188 505 99 (d) 181 850 599
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, orange, drum? (a) Lazy Owls Dogs (b) Owls Dogs Lazy (c) Owls Lazy Dogs (d) Dogs Owls Lazy
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pencil, whistle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWBA (b) APWB (c) BWPA (d) PAWB
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Wise Silly Grab (c) Silly Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Silly
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cats Every (c) Every Cats Pigs Cats (d) Every Cats Cats Pigs
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 431108143156. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4311 0813 156 (b) 4331 1081 43156 (c) 4311 0814 3156 (d) 4310 1814 3156
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Neat (b) Wet Silly Eat Neat (c) Neat Eat Silly Wet (d) Eat Neat Silly Wet
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 486226735. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 486 267 35 (b) 486 226 735 (c) 486 227 635 (d) 486 226 6735
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4698157205. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 815 7250 (b) 469 815 7205 (c) 446 981 57205 (d) 469 815 720
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, needle, ladder, jalebi, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFLJG (b) GJLNF (c) FNLJG (d) NLJGF
40. 40.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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