Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 845 · 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: nest, watch, drum, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNDG (b) GDWN (c) WDGN (d) NWDG
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 840603690789. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8840 6036 90789 (b) 8460 3690 789 (c) 8406 0369 0789 (d) 8406 0369 0798
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 317658794. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 317 658 94 (b) 317 655 8794 (c) 317 658 794 (d) 137 658 794
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 522138083738. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5221 3808 7338 (b) 5221 3808 3738 (c) 5213 8083 738 (d) 5221 3380 83738
11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, pillow, ladder, violin, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLVOG (b) GPLVO (c) OVLPG (d) PGLVO
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, nest, watch, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWDB (b) NBWD (c) DWNB (d) BNWD
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mice Ants (b) Fly Mice Ants Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly Mice Ants (d) Ants Mice Fly Jeeps
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, pencil, tomato, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTOK (b) OTPK (c) PKTO (d) KPTO
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, parrot, tent? (a) Tea Pink Very (b) Pink Tea Very (c) Pink Very Tea (d) Very Pink Tea
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, frog, mirror? (a) Frogs Mum Cats (b) Cats Frogs Mum (c) Mum Frogs Cats (d) Frogs Cats Mum
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Grab (b) Wise Grab Silly (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Grab Wise Silly
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, apple, key? (a) All Kites Ice (b) Kites All Ice (c) Ice All Kites (d) All Ice Kites
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, bucket, rope? (a) Bunny Runs Play (b) Play Bunny Runs (c) Bunny Play Runs (d) Runs Bunny Play
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 826148439470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8614 8439 470 (b) 8266 1484 39470 (c) 8621 4843 9470 (d) 8261 4843 9470
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 202298017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 202 289 017 (b) 202 298 017 (c) 202 298 07 (d) 202 229 8017
35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, mirror, coconut, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPCK (b) MCKP (c) PMCK (d) KCMP
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eight (b) Love Eight Pink Aunty (c) Eight Love Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Love Eight
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym

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