Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 952 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, mango, lamp? (a) Lazy Mum Vines (b) Mum Vines Lazy (c) Mum Lazy Vines (d) Vines Mum Lazy
3. 3.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pigs Lions Eat (b) Eat Lions Pigs All (c) Lions Pigs All Eat (d) Lions Eat Pigs All
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 3770606322. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 377 706 06322 (b) 377 060 3622 (c) 377 606 322 (d) 377 060 6322
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, inkpot, urn, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITUN (b) TIUN (c) IUNT (d) NUIT
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, banana, onion? (a) Bakes Ice Owls (b) Bakes Owls Ice (c) Owls Bakes Ice (d) Ice Bakes Owls
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 303660015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 303 660 0115 (b) 303 660 015 (c) 036 600 15 (d) 303 660 105
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, tent, flute, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFCS (b) TSFC (c) STFC (d) CFTS
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, watch, flute, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFWN (b) WNFR (c) WFRN (d) NWFR
24. 24.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 6340534612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 633 405 34612 (b) 634 053 412 (c) 634 053 4612 (d) 634 053 6412
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 520079242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 079 422 (b) 200 792 42 (c) 520 077 9242 (d) 520 079 242
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jolly (b) Jolly Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jolly My Aunty (d) Funny My Aunty Jolly
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 613110325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 661 311 0325 (b) 613 110 325 (c) 631 110 325 (d) 613 103 25
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1831254040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 183 125 4400 (b) 183 125 40040 (c) 183 125 4040 (d) 183 125 040
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, mirror, umpire, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMUO (b) MUOF (c) OUMF (d) MFUO
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, violin, kite, ant, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVKAD (b) VWKAD (c) DAKVW (d) VKADW
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 385706221389. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3857 0622 1389 (b) 3857 0622 13389 (c) 3875 0622 1389 (d) 3857 0622 189
37. 37.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 399490144749. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3994 9011 44749 (b) 3994 9014 449 (c) 3994 0914 4749 (d) 3994 9014 4749
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 246867087284. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2246 8670 87284 (b) 2468 6708 728 (c) 2468 6708 7284 (d) 2486 6708 7284
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 375109098625. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3751 0909 865 (b) 3751 0909 8625 (c) 3571 0909 8625 (d) 3755 1090 98625

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