Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 97 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, urn, parrot, monkey, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USPMB (b) BMPUS (c) UPMBS (d) SUPMB
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, cat, drum? (a) Lazy Cook Dance (b) Cook Lazy Dance (c) Dance Cook Lazy (d) Cook Dance Lazy
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 702905163754. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7029 0551 63754 (b) 7020 9516 3754 (c) 7029 0563 754 (d) 7029 0516 3754
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wise Nani (b) Nani Eight Silly Wise (c) Eight Nani Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eight Nani
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jump (b) Ants Mum Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny Mum Ants (d) Funny Jump Mum Ants
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 544241363839. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5442 4136 33839 (b) 5442 4163 3839 (c) 5442 1363 839 (d) 5442 4136 3839
10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 214889838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 214 889 38 (b) 214 898 838 (c) 211 488 9838 (d) 214 889 838
14. 14.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum All (b) All Mum Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mum All Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum All
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6881394431. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 688 813 94431 (b) 681 394 431 (c) 688 139 4431 (d) 688 139 4341
20. 20.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 502791464411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5279 1464 411 (b) 5027 9416 4411 (c) 5022 7914 64411 (d) 5027 9146 4411
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, umbrella, lemon? (a) Up Love Crazy (b) Love Up Crazy (c) Up Crazy Love (d) Crazy Up Love
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ball, ant, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAGW (b) BWAG (c) WBAG (d) GABW
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 510388591106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5103 8859 11066 (b) 5103 8859 106 (c) 5108 3859 1106 (d) 5103 8859 1106
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 400813160. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 131 60 (b) 400 831 160 (c) 440 081 3160 (d) 400 813 160
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, umbrella, ball? (a) Under Bakes Nine (b) Bakes Under Nine (c) Nine Under Bakes (d) Under Nine Bakes
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, frog, lemon, tent, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFLTA (b) FLTAD (c) FDLTA (d) ATLFD
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, banana, ladder? (a) Big Wet Love (b) Big Love Wet (c) Wet Big Love (d) Love Big Wet
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 7021976447. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 197 6447 (b) 702 197 644 (c) 702 196 7447 (d) 702 219 76447
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, umbrella, mirror? (a) Mum Under Ants (b) Ants Under Mum (c) Under Mum Ants (d) Under Ants Mum
39. 39.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

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