Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 884 · 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: inkpot, jeep, drum? (a) Ice Jolly Dance (b) Dance Jolly Ice (c) Jolly Ice Dance (d) Jolly Dance Ice
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 293784212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 293 784 212 (b) 293 782 412 (c) 293 378 4212 (d) 937 842 12
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, jug, mango? (a) Jump Wet Mum (b) Wet Jump Mum (c) Mum Jump Wet (d) Jump Mum Wet
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Runs (b) Silly Runs Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Love Funny
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, cat, anchor, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMAW (b) WACM (c) CAWM (d) MCAW
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, parrot, spoon, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJSC (b) JPSC (c) CSPJ (d) PSCJ
14. 14.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
15. 15.🧰 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
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, banana, flute? (a) Bakes Sing Frogs (b) Sing Bakes Frogs (c) Bakes Frogs Sing (d) Frogs Bakes Sing
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1177254997. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 171 725 4997 (b) 117 254 997 (c) 117 725 4997 (d) 111 772 54997
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ball, kite, flute, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFKBP (b) BKFWP (c) BPKFW (d) PBKFW
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Every (c) Love Every Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Every
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, radio, whistle? (a) Red Wins Kind (b) Wins Red Kind (c) Kind Red Wins (d) Red Kind Wins
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, monkey, ball? (a) Mum Cook Bakes (b) Bakes Mum Cook (c) Cook Mum Bakes (d) Mum Bakes Cook
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, umpire, fan? (a) Mice Up Frogs (b) Frogs Up Mice (c) Up Frogs Mice (d) Up Mice Frogs
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jump (b) Funny My All Jump (c) Funny Jump My All (d) Jump Funny My All
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 802984301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 984 301 (b) 809 843 01 (c) 802 988 4301 (d) 802 984 310
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, owl, candle, kettle, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBCKI (b) IKCOB (c) OCKIB (d) BOCKI
29. 29.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, doll, umbrella? (a) Toys Dance Uncle (b) Dance Uncle Toys (c) Uncle Dance Toys (d) Dance Toys Uncle
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 803838420548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8038 3842 5048 (b) 8038 3842 05488 (c) 8038 3842 0548 (d) 8083 8420 548
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 4188432109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 418 842 3109 (b) 418 843 210 (c) 418 844 32109 (d) 418 843 2109
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Neat (b) Eat Neat Silly Wet (c) Neat Eat Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Eat Neat
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 575894018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 577 589 4018 (b) 575 894 08 (c) 575 894 018 (d) 557 894 018
40. 40.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book

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