Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 998 · 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) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cats Pigs Cook Eight
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (b) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (c) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cats Eight
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, van, ball, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUBD (b) UVBD (c) VBDU (d) DBVU
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 880449344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 044 9344 (b) 880 493 44 (c) 880 449 344 (d) 808 449 344
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 3791296793. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 371 929 6793 (b) 337 912 96793 (c) 379 129 793 (d) 379 129 6793
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 5069860381. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 509 686 0381 (b) 506 986 0381 (c) 506 986 00381 (d) 069 860 381
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4661000541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 466 610 00541 (b) 461 000 541 (c) 466 100 0514 (d) 466 100 0541
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, rose, banana, ice cream, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBIVT (b) TRBIV (c) VIBRT (d) RTBIV
23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, anchor, mirror? (a) Ice All My (b) All Ice My (c) My All Ice (d) All My Ice
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, glass, monkey, ball, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFMBI (b) IBMGF (c) FGMBI (d) GMBIF
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False

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