Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 267 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 336770989. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 677 0989 (b) 336 779 89 (c) 336 770 989 (d) 336 770 899
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, ant, jeep? (a) Aunty Jump Silly (b) Aunty Silly Jump (c) Silly Aunty Jump (d) Jump Aunty Silly
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, lamp, igloo, urn, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIUNA (b) NUILA (c) LAIUN (d) ALIUN
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 883291197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 883 291 197 (b) 832 911 97 (c) 883 219 197 (d) 883 291 1197
5. 5.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, violin, cat, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVCU (b) VKCU (c) UCVK (d) VCUK
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 414358631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 414 356 31 (b) 414 358 361 (c) 414 358 631 (d) 414 358 6631
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Sing (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Sing Wet Goats
13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 739022241610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7302 2241 610 (b) 7930 2224 1610 (c) 7390 2224 1610 (d) 7399 0222 41610
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, coconut, spoon, umpire, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSUTF (b) CFSUT (c) FCSUT (d) TUSCF
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, ladder, banana? (a) Love Bakes Very (b) Bakes Love Very (c) Love Very Bakes (d) Very Love Bakes
25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 4650600666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 465 060 066 (b) 645 060 0666 (c) 465 060 0666 (d) 465 060 06666
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, fan, van, bucket, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAVBN (b) NBVFA (c) AFVBN (d) FVBNA
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, glass, drum? (a) Green Bunny Dad (b) Dad Green Bunny (c) Green Dad Bunny (d) Bunny Green Dad
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, tomato, vase? (a) Up Tiny Vines (b) Tiny Up Vines (c) Vines Tiny Up (d) Tiny Vines Up
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 850297777484. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8502 9777 7448 (b) 8502 9977 77484 (c) 8529 7777 484 (d) 8502 9777 7484
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, wallet, candle, apple, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFCAI (b) WCAIF (c) FWCAI (d) IACWF
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 8144863290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 814 486 3290 (b) 814 448 63290 (c) 844 863 290 (d) 814 486 3209
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, igloo, spoon? (a) Ice Lions Sing (b) Lions Ice Sing (c) Ice Sing Lions (d) Sing Ice Lions

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