Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 984 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, lemon, coconut, net, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNCLS (b) LSCNV (c) LCNVS (d) SLCNV
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
5. 5.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, pencil, inkpot, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPIO (b) PRIO (c) PIOR (d) OIPR
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, frog, nest, mirror, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVNMP (b) VFNMP (c) FNMPV (d) PMNFV
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, sock, owl? (a) Sing Owls Wet (b) Wet Sing Owls (c) Sing Wet Owls (d) Owls Sing Wet
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, doll, mango? (a) Dance Wins Mum (b) Wins Dance Mum (c) Mum Dance Wins (d) Dance Mum Wins
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, cat, spoon, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCSJ (b) CGSJ (c) CSJG (d) JSCG
18. 18.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, orange, ant? (a) Aunty Old Under (b) Under Old Aunty (c) Old Aunty Under (d) Old Under Aunty
21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 908898108651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9088 9810 8651 (b) 9088 9810 861 (c) 9088 9810 86651 (d) 9088 9801 8651
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 837483942. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 387 483 942 (b) 833 748 3942 (c) 374 839 42 (d) 837 483 942
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 299269298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 292 969 298 (b) 292 692 98 (c) 299 269 298 (d) 299 266 9298
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (b) Cats Eight Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Pigs Cats
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Nani (b) Every Sing Wet Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wet (d) Every Nani Sing Wet
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, mango, tiger? (a) Wet My Tea (b) My Tea Wet (c) Tea My Wet (d) My Wet Tea
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 7249400323. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 724 940 0323 (b) 724 940 0233 (c) 722 494 00323 (d) 729 400 323
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (b) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (d) Rani Sing Lazy Fly
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, onion, tent, pencil, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORTPK (b) OTPKR (c) ROTPK (d) KPTOR
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, kettle, apple, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLAO (b) KAOL (c) OAKL (d) LKAO
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 484422039469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4844 2203 9469 (b) 4884 4220 39469 (c) 4842 2039 469 (d) 4484 2203 9469
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, goat, wallet, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGWA (b) AWGF (c) GFWA (d) GWAF
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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