Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 926 · 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 the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play All (b) Lions Play All Eat (c) Eat Lions Play All (d) All Play Lions Eat
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, glass, ice cream? (a) Green Inside Aunty (b) Aunty Green Inside (c) Green Aunty Inside (d) Inside Green Aunty
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, owl, key? (a) Kids Only Dogs (b) Only Kids Dogs (c) Dogs Only Kids (d) Only Dogs Kids
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, anchor, flute, duck, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFDVP (b) PAFDV (c) APFDV (d) VDFAP
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, doll, glass, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGFI (b) FGDI (c) IDGF (d) DIGF
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, van, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKSU (b) USVK (c) VSUK (d) KVSU
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, rose, umbrella? (a) Red Wise Up (b) Up Red Wise (c) Red Up Wise (d) Wise Red Up
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 312103821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 312 103 21 (b) 312 100 3821 (c) 312 103 812 (d) 312 103 821
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 4427036991. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 442 730 6991 (b) 444 270 36991 (c) 447 036 991 (d) 442 703 6991
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 753068708. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 735 068 708 (b) 753 068 708 (c) 753 068 7088 (d) 753 068 08
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, parrot, net, fan, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNFCJ (b) PJNFC (c) CFNPJ (d) JPNFC
25. 25.🧰 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
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
27. 27.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 892197666139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9821 9766 6139 (b) 9219 7666 139 (c) 8892 1976 66139 (d) 8921 9766 6139
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 7162699813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 162 699 813 (b) 716 269 9831 (c) 716 269 98113 (d) 716 269 9813
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3820924973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 382 092 4973 (b) 380 292 4973 (c) 338 209 24973 (d) 382 092 973
34. 34.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
36. 36.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, vase, jug, ball, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVJBN (b) VDJBN (c) VJBND (d) NBJVD
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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