Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 892 · 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 acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, lamp, candle, jalebi, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDCJT (b) TJCLD (c) LCJTD (d) DLCJT
3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 792549071. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 254 9071 (b) 792 549 071 (c) 972 549 071 (d) 925 490 71
5. 5.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, kite, lamp, umpire, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBLUJ (b) KLUJB (c) JULKB (d) BKLUJ
9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (c) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 624135796624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6241 3576 624 (b) 6243 1579 6624 (c) 6241 3579 66624 (d) 6241 3579 6624
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Eat Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eat Neat (d) Eat Silly Wise Neat
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 381922290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 222 90 (b) 381 922 2290 (c) 389 122 290 (d) 381 922 290
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 257620439033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2576 2439 033 (b) 2576 2043 0933 (c) 2576 6204 39033 (d) 2576 2043 9033
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Nine (b) Nine Eat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eat Nine (d) Eat Nine Silly Wet
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 859137803861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8591 3378 03861 (b) 8591 3870 3861 (c) 8591 3780 861 (d) 8591 3780 3861
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, umpire, drum? (a) Uncle Dad Jolly (b) Uncle Jolly Dad (c) Jolly Uncle Dad (d) Dad Uncle Jolly
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, pillow, igloo? (a) Under Play Inside (b) Play Under Inside (c) Inside Play Under (d) Play Inside Under
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2162426454. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 224 26454 (b) 126 242 6454 (c) 262 426 454 (d) 216 242 6454
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 155892129030. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1558 9212 9030 (b) 1589 2129 030 (c) 1558 9211 29030 (d) 1585 9212 9030
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Every Nani (b) Every Nani Seven Wise (c) Every Seven Wise Nani (d) Nani Every Seven Wise
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, bucket, inkpot, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBIR (b) BIRW (c) RIBW (d) BWIR

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