Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 242 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jalebi, kettle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDKP (b) DJKP (c) PKJD (d) JKPD
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 469096994973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4690 9969 94973 (b) 4690 6994 973 (c) 4690 9699 4973 (d) 4690 9699 4793
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, monkey, pencil, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPGK (b) KMPG (c) MKPG (d) GPMK
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 924706123. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 927 061 23 (b) 924 706 132 (c) 924 706 123 (d) 922 470 6123
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 623016082608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6230 1608 608 (b) 6230 1608 2608 (c) 6203 1608 2608 (d) 6223 0160 82608
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 582823743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 582 823 73 (b) 582 823 3743 (c) 582 823 734 (d) 582 823 743
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.🧰 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
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, monkey, flute? (a) Ice Mice Fly (b) Fly Mice Ice (c) Mice Ice Fly (d) Mice Fly Ice
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, watch, banana, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBPK (b) PBWK (c) WKBP (d) KWBP
18. 18.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 390490938009. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3904 9098 009 (b) 3904 9093 8009 (c) 3904 9093 8090 (d) 3990 4909 38009
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, owl, mirror, ball, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBMOJ (b) OJMBN (c) JOMBN (d) OMBNJ
21. 21.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 265208784273. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2652 0878 4273 (b) 2652 0087 84273 (c) 2652 0878 273 (d) 6252 0878 4273
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 720009809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 720 009 809 (b) 772 000 9809 (c) 270 009 809 (d) 200 098 09
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lions Eat (c) Eat Lions Play Ants (d) Lions Play Ants Eat
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 442452202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 424 522 02 (b) 442 452 202 (c) 442 452 022 (d) 444 245 2202
36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, goat, shoe? (a) Seven Green Inside (b) Inside Green Seven (c) Green Inside Seven (d) Green Seven Inside
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 824637078238. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8246 3707 8238 (b) 8246 3778 238 (c) 8246 3077 8238 (d) 8246 6370 78238
39. 39.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum All Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum All (c) All Mum Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mum All

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