Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 347 · 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, flute, sock? (a) Cats Funny Sing (b) Sing Funny Cats (c) Funny Cats Sing (d) Funny Sing Cats
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 738180003159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7381 8000 3159 (b) 7388 1800 03159 (c) 7381 8000 3519 (d) 7381 0003 159
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, drum, lemon? (a) Jolly Dad Lazy (b) Dad Lazy Jolly (c) Lazy Dad Jolly (d) Dad Jolly Lazy
7. 7.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 6894640337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 689 464 037 (b) 689 466 40337 (c) 689 464 0373 (d) 689 464 0337
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 9057256399. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 905 725 6399 (b) 905 572 56399 (c) 905 725 639 (d) 907 525 6399
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, sock, urn, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SULV (b) VSUL (c) LUSV (d) SVUL
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Grab Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Grab
15. 15.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, coconut, umpire? (a) Up Cats Bunny (b) Cats Up Bunny (c) Bunny Cats Up (d) Cats Bunny Up
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, wallet, parrot? (a) Wins Pigs Kids (b) Kids Wins Pigs (c) Wins Kids Pigs (d) Pigs Wins Kids
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice All (d) Fly Mice All Jolly
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Sing Red (c) Sing Lions Funny Red (d) Sing Red Lions Funny
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, wallet, needle? (a) Wise Neat Aunty (b) Aunty Wise Neat (c) Neat Wise Aunty (d) Wise Aunty Neat
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 318371495710. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3187 1495 710 (b) 3183 7149 5710 (c) 3188 3714 95710 (d) 3183 7194 5710
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7535768380. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 753 576 8380 (b) 753 357 68380 (c) 753 578 380 (d) 573 576 8380
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Goats (b) Wins Goats Sing (c) Goats Wins Sing (d) Wins Sing Goats
25. 25.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 4308359285. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 430 835 2985 (b) 430 835 285 (c) 430 835 92885 (d) 430 835 9285
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wise Neat (b) Neat Eight Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eight Neat (d) Eight Neat Silly Wise
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 989815272062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9898 1552 72062 (b) 9898 1527 2062 (c) 9898 1527 206 (d) 9898 1522 7062
31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Grab Wise Sing (c) Wise Grab Sing (d) Sing Wise Grab
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Green Wise Seven
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, mirror, wallet, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMWB (b) MWBF (c) BWMF (d) MFWB
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, flute, spoon? (a) Silly Frogs Grab (b) Frogs Grab Silly (c) Grab Frogs Silly (d) Frogs Silly Grab

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