Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 298 · 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 946472368. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 946 472 38 (b) 946 472 368 (c) 944 647 2368 (d) 946 472 386
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My Ants (b) Jolly Fly My Ants (c) Fly My Ants Jolly (d) Ants My Fly Jolly
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 515674269. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 516 574 269 (b) 515 674 269 (c) 515 674 2699 (d) 515 674 69
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 933029415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 933 302 9415 (b) 933 209 415 (c) 933 029 15 (d) 933 029 415
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
15. 15.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, doll, guava? (a) Cats Dogs Green (b) Green Dogs Cats (c) Dogs Green Cats (d) Dogs Cats Green
18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 125421306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 125 241 306 (b) 125 421 306 (c) 125 421 06 (d) 125 421 3066
20. 20.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 8111533438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 153 3348 (b) 811 153 34438 (c) 811 153 3438 (d) 811 533 438
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 9512072815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 995 120 72815 (b) 951 207 285 (c) 951 207 2851 (d) 951 207 2815
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 546659612724. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5466 9561 2724 (b) 5466 5961 272 (c) 5466 5961 22724 (d) 5466 5961 2724
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 626951414254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6269 5114 254 (b) 6269 5141 4254 (c) 6269 5514 14254 (d) 6269 5141 4524
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 796745398. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 976 745 398 (b) 797 453 98 (c) 796 745 3398 (d) 796 745 398
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
31. 31.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, doll, violin? (a) Vines Dance Pink (b) Dance Vines Pink (c) Pink Dance Vines (d) Dance Pink Vines
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, apple, needle? (a) Neat All Play (b) All Neat Play (c) All Play Neat (d) Play All Neat
36. 36.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eight Nine (b) Eight Seven Wise Nine (c) Eight Nine Seven Wise (d) Nine Eight Seven Wise
38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧰 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

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