Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 360 · 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.🧰 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
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
4. 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 419006318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 419 006 381 (b) 410 063 18 (c) 411 900 6318 (d) 419 006 318
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 709101286720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7091 0128 67720 (b) 7091 0128 6720 (c) 7091 0128 6702 (d) 7091 0128 672
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 584021165372. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5840 2115 372 (b) 5844 0211 65372 (c) 5840 2116 5372 (d) 5804 2116 5372
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 210620344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 662 0344 (b) 106 203 44 (c) 210 620 344 (d) 201 620 344
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 2723554689. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 272 355 469 (b) 272 355 46889 (c) 722 355 4689 (d) 272 355 4689
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 4262926196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 426 296 2196 (b) 426 292 6196 (c) 426 299 26196 (d) 426 292 696
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Eight Pink All (c) Lazy Pink All Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pink All
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2376168004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 616 8004 (b) 236 168 004 (c) 237 616 80004 (d) 237 616 8004
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, flute, apple, needle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FANCW (b) WFANC (c) CNAFW (d) FWANC
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Lions Frogs (b) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (c) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Lions Seven Runs
31. 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1591195004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 159 119 504 (b) 195 119 5004 (c) 159 119 50004 (d) 159 119 5004
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 433482225411. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4334 8222 411 (b) 4334 8222 54411 (c) 4334 8222 4511 (d) 4334 8222 5411
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, shoe, net, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSNJ (b) SONJ (c) SNJO (d) JNSO
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 5110552303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 511 055 203 (b) 511 055 2303 (c) 511 505 2303 (d) 511 055 23303
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 429036236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 036 263 (b) 429 036 236 (c) 429 003 6236 (d) 490 362 36
40. 40.🧰 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

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