Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 752 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, coconut, ice cream, ball, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAIBG (b) ACIBG (c) GBICA (d) CIBGA
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Play Aunty (b) Lazy Play Aunty Eat (c) Lazy Eat Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Eat
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, kite, rope, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARKF (b) KFRA (c) KRAF (d) FKRA
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (b) Eat Cats Pigs Cook (c) Cats Eat Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eat
6. 6.🧰 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
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, apple, onion, ice cream, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAOIB (b) AFOIB (c) AOIBF (d) BIOAF
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
11. 11.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Play Cats (b) Eight Cook Play Cats (c) Cats Play Cook Eight (d) Cook Play Cats Eight
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 261335855359. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2613 3585 5539 (b) 2613 3585 359 (c) 2613 3585 5359 (d) 2613 3585 55359
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Nani (b) Every Sing Wet Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wet (d) Every Nani Sing Wet
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Sing Wins Green
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, drum, pencil, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJPA (b) APDJ (c) DPAJ (d) JDPA
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, radio, candle, banana, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRCBT (b) RCBTS (c) TBCRS (d) RSCBT
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Every (b) Cook Every Play Cats (c) Every Cook Play Cats (d) Cook Play Cats Every
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, tent, owl, spoon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOSFC (b) CTOSF (c) FSOTC (d) TCOSF
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Love Fly (b) Seven Love Fly Runs (c) Runs Seven Love Fly (d) Fly Love Seven Runs
35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
36. 36.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, apple, drum, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANDR (b) NADR (c) RDAN (d) ADRN
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 908394487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 394 847 (b) 900 839 4487 (c) 908 394 87 (d) 908 394 487
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym

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