Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 990 · 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) an acronym (c) a long story (d) a mind map
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, drum, fan, jeep, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDFJW (b) DFJWG (c) DGFJW (d) WJFDG
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, banana, duck, rose, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBDRO (b) ORDBL (c) BDROL (d) BLDRO
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, lemon, ball? (a) Lazy Bunny Jolly (b) Bunny Lazy Jolly (c) Lazy Jolly Bunny (d) Jolly Lazy Bunny
5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ball, pencil, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPUK (b) UPBK (c) KBPU (d) BKPU
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, cat, whistle? (a) Cats Wins Lazy (b) Wins Cats Lazy (c) Lazy Cats Wins (d) Cats Lazy Wins
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, cat, drum? (a) Crazy Dad Aunty (b) Dad Crazy Aunty (c) Crazy Aunty Dad (d) Aunty Crazy Dad
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, orange, lemon? (a) Only Funny Lions (b) Funny Only Lions (c) Only Lions Funny (d) Lions Only Funny
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Frogs Red (b) Frogs Love Silly Red (c) Silly Red Love Frogs (d) Red Silly Love Frogs
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, jalebi, umpire? (a) Up Jolly Bakes (b) Jolly Bakes Up (c) Bakes Jolly Up (d) Jolly Up Bakes
19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, umpire, mango? (a) My Uncle Fly (b) Uncle My Fly (c) Fly Uncle My (d) Uncle Fly My
21. 21.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 5046678436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 054 667 8436 (b) 504 466 78436 (c) 504 667 8436 (d) 504 667 843
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 852241763211. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8522 4176 321 (b) 8522 4176 3211 (c) 8852 2417 63211 (d) 8524 2176 3211
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Green (b) Green Wet Sing (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Sing Wet Green
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ball, whistle, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWMR (b) RBWM (c) MWBR (d) BRWM
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, mirror, pencil? (a) Play Mice Dance (b) Mice Dance Play (c) Mice Play Dance (d) Dance Mice Play
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 291407672921. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2914 0767 2912 (b) 2140 7672 921 (c) 2914 4076 72921 (d) 2914 0767 2921
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

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