Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 917 · 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.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, drum, lamp, wallet, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLWRG (b) DGLWR (c) GDLWR (d) RWLDG
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tent, onion? (a) Old Toys Sing (b) Sing Toys Old (c) Toys Sing Old (d) Toys Old Sing
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 879362439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 624 39 (b) 879 366 2439 (c) 873 962 439 (d) 879 362 439
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Wins Green Silly (d) Silly Wins Green
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.🔤 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
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, banana, monkey, anchor, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMAPF (b) PAMBF (c) BFMAP (d) FBMAP
21. 21.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 358123500291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3581 2350 2091 (b) 3581 2350 291 (c) 3581 2350 0291 (d) 3581 2335 00291
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Every (b) Lazy Every Play Aunty (c) Lazy Play Aunty Every (d) Every Lazy Play Aunty
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 700813063. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 813 036 (b) 700 813 3063 (c) 700 813 06 (d) 700 813 063
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mum Ants (b) Jump Funny Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Funny Jump (d) Funny Mum Ants Jump
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 193378718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 378 718 (b) 193 787 18 (c) 199 337 8718 (d) 193 377 818
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (b) Runs Seven Lazy Fly (c) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (d) Seven Runs Lazy Fly
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6167257925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 725 7925 (b) 617 257 925 (c) 616 725 7925 (d) 616 725 79255
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 517322186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 322 186 (b) 157 322 186 (c) 517 732 2186 (d) 573 221 86
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

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