Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 332 · 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 207791299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 971 299 (b) 207 912 99 (c) 207 791 2999 (d) 207 791 299
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, ball, jug? (a) Big Jolly Wins (b) Big Wins Jolly (c) Wins Big Jolly (d) Jolly Big Wins
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (b) Lions Eight Pink Aunty (c) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lions Eight
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, tomato, ball, jug, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMBJG (b) TBJGM (c) MTBJG (d) GJBTM
9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3608167081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 360 811 67081 (b) 630 816 7081 (c) 360 816 7081 (d) 368 167 081
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4688826640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 648 882 6640 (b) 468 882 6640 (c) 468 882 66640 (d) 468 882 664
13. 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 8202758744. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 820 758 744 (b) 802 275 8744 (c) 820 275 8744 (d) 882 027 58744
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 800404230759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8004 0423 30759 (b) 8004 0423 0759 (c) 8004 4230 759 (d) 8004 0432 0759
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 822869114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 822 869 114 (b) 822 866 9114 (c) 828 691 14 (d) 282 869 114
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 1317019493. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 131 701 9439 (b) 131 701 19493 (c) 131 701 993 (d) 131 701 9493
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, glass, sock, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGSA (b) GSAC (c) GCSA (d) ASGC
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 105994012380. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1105 9940 12380 (b) 1059 9401 2380 (c) 1059 9401 3280 (d) 1099 4012 380
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 960103481. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 601 034 81 (b) 960 103 481 (c) 996 010 3481 (d) 906 103 481
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2243519538. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 351 95538 (b) 224 315 9538 (c) 224 351 9538 (d) 223 519 538
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, lemon, igloo? (a) Ice Lions Bunny (b) Bunny Lions Ice (c) Lions Ice Bunny (d) Lions Bunny Ice
30. 30.✏️ 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) Wise Seven Grab (d) Grab Wise Seven
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 667375418498. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6673 7451 8498 (b) 6673 7544 18498 (c) 6737 5418 498 (d) 6673 7541 8498
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Seven Wet Goats
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9394686254. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 939 468 62544 (b) 939 468 625 (c) 399 468 6254 (d) 939 468 6254
37. 37.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
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: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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