Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 369 · 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 7423507970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 350 770 (b) 742 350 07970 (c) 742 350 7970 (d) 742 530 7970
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, inkpot, sock? (a) Lazy Ice Seven (b) Ice Seven Lazy (c) Ice Lazy Seven (d) Seven Ice Lazy
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 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
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, drum, banana? (a) Big Dance Ants (b) Dance Ants Big (c) Ants Dance Big (d) Dance Big Ants
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 391364005001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3391 3640 05001 (b) 3913 6400 5001 (c) 3913 4600 5001 (d) 3913 6400 501
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Wise Sing Goats
13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 144013152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 011 52 (b) 144 013 152 (c) 144 013 3152 (d) 140 413 152
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Seven Wise Nani (b) Wise Seven Eat Nani (c) Nani Eat Seven Wise (d) Eat Nani Seven Wise
18. 18.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
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.🔢 You want to remember the number 8427549882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 884 275 49882 (b) 847 254 9882 (c) 842 754 9882 (d) 842 749 882
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 4843259053. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 484 359 053 (b) 448 325 9053 (c) 484 322 59053 (d) 484 325 9053
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1488247201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 148 824 72011 (b) 148 824 721 (c) 148 824 7201 (d) 148 284 7201
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 426941737. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 426 941 737 (b) 426 941 7377 (c) 429 641 737 (d) 426 917 37
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Play Ants (b) Eat Lazy Play Ants (c) Ants Play Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Play Ants Eat
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, umbrella, mango? (a) Uncle Very Mum (b) Mum Uncle Very (c) Very Uncle Mum (d) Uncle Mum Very
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 226791064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 226 791 0664 (b) 226 790 164 (c) 226 791 064 (d) 267 910 64
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, ice cream, spoon? (a) Inside Cats Sing (b) Inside Sing Cats (c) Sing Inside Cats (d) Cats Inside Sing
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3897788043. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 389 788 043 (b) 389 778 8403 (c) 389 778 80433 (d) 389 778 8043
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, parrot, tent, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTPB (b) PBTN (c) BPTN (d) PTNB

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