Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 975 · 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) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Funny Runs (b) Funny Love Sing Runs (c) Runs Sing Love Funny (d) Sing Runs Love Funny
4. 4.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
7. 7.🧰 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
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 220342148559. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2203 4124 8559 (b) 2203 3421 48559 (c) 2203 4214 8559 (d) 2203 4214 855
9. 9.🔤 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
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 704668400400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7046 6684 00400 (b) 7046 6840 0400 (c) 7046 6840 4000 (d) 7046 8400 400
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, sock, frog, jeep, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSFJN (b) SCFJN (c) SFJNC (d) NJFSC
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 912337932125. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9132 3793 2125 (b) 9123 3793 2125 (c) 9123 3793 32125 (d) 9123 3732 125
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 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
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wins (b) Wins Sing Every Neat (c) Neat Every Sing Wins (d) Every Sing Wins Neat
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 944187111722. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9448 7111 722 (b) 9441 8711 1722 (c) 9441 8711 1272 (d) 9441 1871 11722
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, anchor, cat? (a) Aunty Cats Sing (b) Aunty Sing Cats (c) Cats Aunty Sing (d) Sing Aunty Cats
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lazy Frogs Rani (b) Silly Rani Lazy Frogs (c) Rani Silly Lazy Frogs (d) Frogs Lazy Silly Rani
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 937101161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 937 111 61 (b) 937 101 1161 (c) 937 101 611 (d) 937 101 161
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, umbrella, candle? (a) Uncle Lazy Cats (b) Uncle Cats Lazy (c) Cats Uncle Lazy (d) Lazy Uncle Cats
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Green Wise Sing (c) Wise Green Sing (d) Sing Wise Green
31. 31.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 880246204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 880 246 204 (b) 880 462 04 (c) 880 426 204 (d) 888 024 6204
35. 35.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Aunty Jump (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (c) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (d) Jump Fly Mum Aunty
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, drum, ant, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FADU (b) DAFU (c) UDAF (d) DUAF
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, fan, anchor? (a) Uncle Funny All (b) All Funny Uncle (c) Funny Uncle All (d) Funny All Uncle
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV

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