Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 864 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, violin, bucket? (a) Bakes Vans Pink (b) Vans Bakes Pink (c) Pink Vans Bakes (d) Vans Pink Bakes
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4625522223. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 426 552 2223 (b) 462 552 2223 (c) 465 522 223 (d) 446 255 22223
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 257121479. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 214 79 (b) 257 121 749 (c) 257 121 479 (d) 257 712 1479
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
11. 11.🧰 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
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Seven Eat Neat (b) Neat Eat Seven Wet (c) Eat Seven Wet Neat (d) Eat Neat Seven Wet
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, mango, lemon? (a) Mum Lazy Pigs (b) Lazy Mum Pigs (c) Mum Pigs Lazy (d) Pigs Mum Lazy
19. 19.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Sing Runs (b) Sing Runs Lazy Funny (c) Sing Lazy Funny Runs (d) Runs Sing Lazy Funny
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 210292977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 292 97 (b) 210 292 977 (c) 210 299 2977 (d) 201 292 977
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, pencil, mango? (a) Play Grab Mum (b) Play Mum Grab (c) Grab Play Mum (d) Mum Play Grab
24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Green Seven (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Green Wet Seven (d) Wet Seven Green
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, mango, owl, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTOS (b) SOMT (c) MOST (d) TMOS
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Eat Pink Crazy (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (d) Eat Cats Pink Crazy
31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
36. 36.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (b) Eight Cook Pink Crazy (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Pink Crazy Eight
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, tomato, sock? (a) Tiny Crazy Sing (b) Tiny Sing Crazy (c) Crazy Tiny Sing (d) Sing Tiny Crazy
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 396251079092. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3962 5017 9092 (b) 3962 5110 79092 (c) 3925 1079 092 (d) 3962 5107 9092
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wins Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Every Neat (d) Every Neat Sing Wins

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