Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 306 · 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 5621782775. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 278 2775 (b) 562 178 2775 (c) 562 178 27775 (d) 562 182 775
2. 2.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 3010465823. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 301 046 58223 (b) 301 046 5823 (c) 301 046 8523 (d) 301 465 823
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 821099856. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 821 099 9856 (b) 821 098 56 (c) 821 099 856 (d) 812 099 856
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wise Nine (b) Wise Sing Eat Nine (c) Nine Eat Sing Wise (d) Eat Nine Sing Wise
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, anchor, coconut? (a) Aunty Ice Cats (b) Aunty Cats Ice (c) Ice Aunty Cats (d) Cats Aunty Ice
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, jeep, candle? (a) Jolly Funny Crazy (b) Funny Jolly Crazy (c) Jolly Crazy Funny (d) Crazy Jolly Funny
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cats Every (c) Cats Every Pink Cook (d) Cats Pink Cook Every
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 459627926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 459 627 7926 (b) 596 279 26 (c) 459 627 926 (d) 549 627 926
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum Ants (b) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Mum Ants Jolly
17. 17.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 134195013338. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1341 9950 13338 (b) 1341 9501 333 (c) 1341 9501 3338 (d) 1431 9501 3338
19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 752112467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 752 112 647 (b) 752 112 4677 (c) 752 112 467 (d) 752 112 46
24. 24.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 3238987527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 898 75227 (b) 332 898 7527 (c) 323 898 7527 (d) 323 898 727
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 128170603. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 128 170 603 (b) 181 706 03 (c) 128 170 0603 (d) 218 170 603
28. 28.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, whistle, bucket? (a) Wet Big All (b) All Wet Big (c) Big Wet All (d) Wet All Big
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, candle, urn, kite, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCUKD (b) DKUCJ (c) CJUKD (d) CUKDJ
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, tiger, ball, duck, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITBDM (b) MDBTI (c) TBDMI (d) TIBDM
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 506745889252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5067 4588 952 (b) 5067 5488 9252 (c) 5067 4588 9252 (d) 5066 7458 89252
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, mango, ball? (a) Mum Crazy Bunny (b) Bunny Mum Crazy (c) Mum Bunny Crazy (d) Crazy Mum Bunny
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lazy Frogs (b) Seven Lazy Frogs Runs (c) Frogs Lazy Seven Runs (d) Seven Runs Lazy Frogs
37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, pillow, candle? (a) Red Play Crazy (b) Play Red Crazy (c) Play Crazy Red (d) Crazy Play Red
39. 39.🧰 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
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS

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