Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 760 · 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: orange, glass, mango, igloo, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KIMGO (b) GOMIK (c) OGMIK (d) GMIKO
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 276778976025. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2767 7897 6205 (b) 2767 7897 605 (c) 2776 7789 76025 (d) 2767 7897 6025
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, bucket, umpire? (a) Bakes Up Tea (b) Tea Bakes Up (c) Bakes Tea Up (d) Up Bakes Tea
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, drum, guava? (a) Dad Rani Green (b) Green Dad Rani (c) Dad Green Rani (d) Rani Dad Green
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, needle, rose, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVRP (b) PRNV (c) NRPV (d) VNRP
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Frogs Runs (b) Runs Sing Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Sing Runs (d) Sing Runs Love Frogs
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, lemon, duck, watch, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGDWB (b) GLDWB (c) BWDLG (d) LDWBG
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, tomato, flute? (a) Tea All Frogs (b) Frogs Tea All (c) All Tea Frogs (d) Tea Frogs All
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, violin, net, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRNS (b) VNSR (c) RVNS (d) SNVR
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 6629351811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 351 811 (b) 662 395 1811 (c) 662 935 1811 (d) 666 293 51811
22. 22.🔤 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
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 6580031245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 658 003 124 (b) 650 803 1245 (c) 658 003 1245 (d) 665 800 31245
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, duck, pillow? (a) Dad Kind Pigs (b) Dad Pigs Kind (c) Pigs Dad Kind (d) Kind Dad Pigs
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1820862243. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 086 2243 (b) 820 862 243 (c) 188 208 62243 (d) 182 086 2234
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, apple, tomato? (a) Aunty Tiny Wins (b) Tiny Aunty Wins (c) Aunty Wins Tiny (d) Wins Aunty Tiny
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 8755185887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 875 518 887 (b) 875 518 5887 (c) 875 518 8587 (d) 875 518 55887
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, drum, orange? (a) Nani Dance Owls (b) Dance Nani Owls (c) Dance Owls Nani (d) Owls Dance Nani
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, urn, van? (a) Under Crazy Very (b) Very Under Crazy (c) Crazy Under Very (d) Under Very Crazy
31. 31.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 810776076807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8107 7606 807 (b) 8107 7607 6807 (c) 8107 6707 6807 (d) 8810 7760 76807
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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