Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 194 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 7440418027. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 041 0827 (b) 744 041 8027 (c) 744 404 18027 (d) 740 418 027
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Wise Seven Grab
4. 4.🧰 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
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum Ants (b) Jump Fly Mum Ants (c) Fly Mum Ants Jump (d) Ants Mum Fly Jump
7. 7.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, frog, rose, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFRU (b) FSRU (c) FRUS (d) URFS
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Every (c) Love Every Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Every
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 886880215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 886 880 215 (b) 886 802 15 (c) 886 880 125 (d) 886 880 2115
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Sing Red (b) Sing Red Lions Fly (c) Sing Lions Fly Red (d) Red Sing Lions Fly
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 699681813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 696 818 13 (b) 699 861 813 (c) 699 681 8133 (d) 699 681 813
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 509956016737. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5099 5606 1737 (b) 5099 5601 637 (c) 5509 9560 16737 (d) 5099 5601 6737
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 405638563. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 405 638 563 (b) 456 385 63 (c) 405 638 8563 (d) 045 638 563
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 981188267471. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8118 8267 471 (b) 9181 8826 7471 (c) 9811 8826 7471 (d) 9811 1882 67471
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 267177961. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 267 177 7961 (b) 261 779 61 (c) 267 177 961 (d) 267 717 961
23. 23.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 707501032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 075 010 32 (b) 707 500 1032 (c) 707 501 032 (d) 707 051 032
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
26. 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
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.🔢 You want to remember the number 6973194915. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 697 319 49915 (b) 697 319 4915 (c) 697 314 915 (d) 697 319 9415
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 274528375413. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2745 2837 5413 (b) 2745 2875 413 (c) 2742 5837 5413 (d) 2745 2837 55413
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, whistle, kite? (a) Fly Wise Kind (b) Kind Wise Fly (c) Wise Kind Fly (d) Wise Fly Kind
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, parrot, wallet, jeep, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWJKO (b) KJWPO (c) POWJK (d) OPWJK
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, parrot, mirror, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMPA (b) PMLA (c) APML (d) PAML
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
37. 37.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

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