Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 407 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, whistle, owl, coconut, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCOWJ (b) WJOCD (c) JWOCD (d) WOCDJ
4. 4.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 420015152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 420 051 152 (b) 420 001 5152 (c) 420 015 152 (d) 420 015 52
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 678741530543. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6774 1530 543 (b) 6787 4153 5043 (c) 6778 7415 30543 (d) 6787 4153 0543
7. 7.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2717248824. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 124 8824 (b) 271 724 8824 (c) 271 724 88224 (d) 271 748 824
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 489541936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 489 541 936 (b) 489 451 936 (c) 489 541 1936 (d) 489 549 36
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, ant, monkey, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMAK (b) AKMD (c) KAMD (d) AMDK
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, urn, sock? (a) Uncle My Silly (b) Silly Uncle My (c) Uncle Silly My (d) My Uncle Silly
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 1348355850. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 314 835 5850 (b) 134 835 5850 (c) 134 355 850 (d) 134 835 58850
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 702739207. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 739 207 (b) 702 379 207 (c) 702 739 2077 (d) 702 739 07
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4352136966. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 435 213 666 (b) 435 213 6696 (c) 435 213 6966 (d) 435 213 69666
18. 18.🔤 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
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, net, flute? (a) Nine Funny Runs (b) Funny Nine Runs (c) Runs Nine Funny (d) Nine Runs Funny
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 3227018509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 322 701 8509 (b) 322 701 85099 (c) 322 710 8509 (d) 322 701 850
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8053672550. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 805 367 250 (b) 805 366 72550 (c) 805 362 7550 (d) 805 367 2550
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 645414335073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6451 4433 5073 (b) 6454 1443 35073 (c) 6454 1433 5073 (d) 6451 4335 073
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3281204896. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 120 4896 (b) 328 204 896 (c) 328 210 4896 (d) 322 812 04896
25. 25.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, needle, ice cream, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIRJ (b) JNIR (c) NJIR (d) RINJ
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, banana, cat, key, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSCKM (b) SBCKM (c) BCKMS (d) MKCBS
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 7079541303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 707 954 1330 (b) 707 951 303 (c) 770 795 41303 (d) 707 954 1303
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 617706906442. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6177 7069 06442 (b) 6177 0690 6442 (c) 6170 6906 442 (d) 6177 0609 6442
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, radio, nest? (a) Rani Nine Pink (b) Pink Rani Nine (c) Rani Pink Nine (d) Nine Rani Pink
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, umbrella, bucket, watch, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBWFK (b) KUBWF (c) FWBUK (d) UKBWF
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 467812546010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6781 2546 010 (b) 4678 8125 46010 (c) 4768 1254 6010 (d) 4678 1254 6010
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 1935172042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 157 2042 (b) 193 517 20042 (c) 193 517 2042 (d) 193 512 042
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tiger, banana, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBTI (b) TBWI (c) ITBW (d) TIBW
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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