Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 354 · 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 710400247. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 710 400 247 (b) 701 400 247 (c) 771 040 0247 (d) 104 002 47
2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 394842067. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 394 824 067 (b) 398 420 67 (c) 394 842 067 (d) 394 842 0677
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, anchor, goat, mirror, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMGAW (b) AWGMK (c) AGMKW (d) WAGMK
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, frog, whistle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWAP (b) AWFP (c) FPWA (d) PFWA
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, duck, mirror? (a) Mum Dance Fly (b) Dance Mum Fly (c) Dance Fly Mum (d) Fly Dance Mum
9. 9.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 6465799122. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 646 579 9212 (b) 646 579 9122 (c) 646 579 91222 (d) 665 799 122
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7562310845. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 755 623 10845 (b) 756 231 0845 (c) 756 210 845 (d) 756 213 0845
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, igloo, spoon? (a) Ice Silly Jolly (b) Silly Ice Jolly (c) Jolly Ice Silly (d) Ice Jolly Silly
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, tomato, whistle? (a) Tea Wise Green (b) Tea Green Wise (c) Wise Tea Green (d) Green Tea Wise
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eight
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Sing Wins (b) Every Sing Wins Neat (c) Neat Every Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Every Neat
25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 358027243175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3802 7243 175 (b) 3580 2724 33175 (c) 3580 2724 3175 (d) 3582 0724 3175
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, tiger, cat? (a) Crazy Tea Nine (b) Tea Nine Crazy (c) Nine Tea Crazy (d) Tea Crazy Nine
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 422852007. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 422 852 2007 (b) 422 852 070 (c) 228 520 07 (d) 422 852 007
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, tiger, igloo? (a) Toys Inside Runs (b) Runs Toys Inside (c) Toys Runs Inside (d) Inside Toys Runs
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5141718565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 471 8565 (b) 514 171 85565 (c) 514 718 565 (d) 514 171 8565
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 7467259026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 746 752 9026 (b) 746 725 026 (c) 746 725 99026 (d) 746 725 9026
37. 37.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, sock, jeep? (a) Sing Owls Jeeps (b) Owls Sing Jeeps (c) Jeeps Sing Owls (d) Sing Jeeps Owls
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

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