Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 738 · 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 acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
2. 2.✏️ 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 Runs Love Funny (c) Sing Love Funny Runs (d) Runs Sing Love Funny
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5686011470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 568 061 1470 (b) 586 011 470 (c) 568 601 1470 (d) 568 601 11470
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 1606401092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 160 640 1092 (b) 160 644 01092 (c) 160 641 092 (d) 106 640 1092
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3613151669. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 315 1669 (b) 366 131 51669 (c) 361 311 669 (d) 361 311 5669
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 218131110753. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2181 3111 7053 (b) 2181 3111 0753 (c) 2218 1311 10753 (d) 1813 1110 753
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cook Every (c) Cook Play Cats Every (d) Cook Every Play Cats
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wise Nine (b) Every Nine Sing Wise (c) Wise Sing Every Nine (d) Nine Every Sing Wise
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, net, frog, duck, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFDJK (b) KNFDJ (c) NKFDJ (d) JDFNK
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (c) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play Aunty
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Rani Silly Lazy Frogs (c) Silly Rani Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Silly Rani
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, umbrella, pencil? (a) Pink Up Lions (b) Up Lions Pink (c) Up Pink Lions (d) Lions Up Pink
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 385426735. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 854 267 35 (b) 388 542 6735 (c) 385 426 375 (d) 385 426 735
27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, radio, ball, fan, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFBRS (b) RSBFP (c) RBFPS (d) SRBFP
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs All (b) All Pigs Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pigs All (d) Lions Pigs All Every
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, goat, orange? (a) Grab Only Vines (b) Only Grab Vines (c) Vines Grab Only (d) Grab Vines Only
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps Mum All (b) All Mum Funny Jeeps (c) Funny Mum All Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny Mum All
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Every Nani (b) Every Sing Wise Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wise (d) Every Nani Sing Wise
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9990599528. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 999 905 99528 (b) 999 059 9528 (c) 999 599 528 (d) 999 509 9528
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 546635065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 546 635 065 (b) 554 663 5065 (c) 466 350 65 (d) 546 635 605
38. 38.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 103048854. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 103 408 854 (b) 103 048 54 (c) 103 048 8854 (d) 103 048 854
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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