Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 831 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 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) an acronym word (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 328871354. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 871 3554 (b) 328 871 354 (c) 328 873 54 (d) 328 873 154
15. 15.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, fan, igloo, kite, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIKCU (b) FUIKC (c) CKIFU (d) UFIKC
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, pencil, flute, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFPK (b) KPFS (c) PKFS (d) PFSK
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 150864426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 150 644 26 (b) 150 864 426 (c) 155 086 4426 (d) 510 864 426
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 595430587767. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5954 3057 8767 (b) 5954 3058 87767 (c) 5954 3057 767 (d) 5954 3058 7767
29. 29.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 723892489. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 892 489 (b) 732 892 489 (c) 723 894 89 (d) 722 389 2489
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Crazy (b) Crazy Pink Cats Every (c) Cats Pink Crazy Every (d) Cats Every Pink Crazy
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Eat Neat (b) Eat Neat Sing Wins (c) Eat Sing Wins Neat (d) Neat Eat Sing Wins
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 853060341. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 853 060 431 (b) 853 060 341 (c) 885 306 0341 (d) 853 063 41
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Every Nani (b) Every Silly Wise Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wise (d) Every Nani Silly Wise
38. 38.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, tomato, duck? (a) Tiny Big Dogs (b) Big Tiny Dogs (c) Tiny Dogs Big (d) Dogs Tiny Big
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 420210882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 420 021 0882 (b) 420 210 82 (c) 420 210 882 (d) 240 210 882

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