Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 941 · 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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wins Nani (b) Wins Silly Eight Nani (c) Eight Nani Silly Wins (d) Nani Eight Silly Wins
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 985829001253. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9855 8290 01253 (b) 9882 9001 253 (c) 9858 2900 1253 (d) 8958 2900 1253
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, rope, van? (a) Runs Vines Wins (b) Vines Runs Wins (c) Wins Runs Vines (d) Runs Wins Vines
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, jeep, tomato? (a) Only Jeeps Tea (b) Jeeps Tea Only (c) Tea Jeeps Only (d) Jeeps Only Tea
11. 11.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 323523096065. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3223 5230 96065 (b) 3235 2309 6065 (c) 3232 5309 6065 (d) 3235 2309 606
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs My All (b) Frogs My All Jump (c) Frogs Jump My All (d) All My Frogs Jump
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Every Silly Wet (b) Every Nine Silly Wet (c) Every Silly Wet Nine (d) Wet Silly Every Nine
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat (b) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (c) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, needle, onion? (a) Only Nine Kind (b) Nine Only Kind (c) Nine Kind Only (d) Kind Nine Only
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, pillow, lamp? (a) Lions Pink Jump (b) Pink Jump Lions (c) Jump Pink Lions (d) Pink Lions Jump
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tomato, kite? (a) Toys Silly Kites (b) Silly Toys Kites (c) Toys Kites Silly (d) Kites Toys Silly
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Green (b) Wet Green Seven (c) Green Wet Seven (d) Wet Seven Green
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Every (c) Cats Every Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Every
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, cat, key? (a) Cats Sing Kind (b) Sing Cats Kind (c) Kind Cats Sing (d) Cats Kind Sing
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lions Fly (c) Silly Lions Fly Rani (d) Silly Rani Lions Fly
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 562935849. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 526 935 849 (b) 562 935 849 (c) 562 293 5849 (d) 562 958 49
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6472170665. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 647 217 00665 (b) 647 217 066 (c) 647 217 0665 (d) 467 217 0665
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, whistle, shoe? (a) Pigs Wet Sing (b) Wet Pigs Sing (c) Wet Sing Pigs (d) Sing Wet Pigs

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