Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 410 · 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 686267150262. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6826 6715 0262 (b) 6862 2671 50262 (c) 6862 6715 0262 (d) 6862 6715 262
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
4. 4.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, pencil, drum? (a) Pigs Toys Dogs (b) Pigs Dogs Toys (c) Dogs Pigs Toys (d) Toys Pigs Dogs
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 727963241662. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7279 3241 662 (b) 7279 6321 4662 (c) 7227 9632 41662 (d) 7279 6324 1662
9. 9.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, umbrella, igloo? (a) Kind Under Ice (b) Ice Under Kind (c) Under Ice Kind (d) Under Kind Ice
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 373932115. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 373 932 15 (b) 373 932 115 (c) 337 393 2115 (d) 379 332 115
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) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, bucket, lamp, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULBG (b) GBLU (c) BLUG (d) BGLU
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, tomato, rope? (a) Tea Pink Runs (b) Pink Tea Runs (c) Tea Runs Pink (d) Runs Tea Pink
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Seven Wise Grab
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, mirror, umbrella? (a) Uncle Mum Wins (b) Mum Wins Uncle (c) Mum Uncle Wins (d) Wins Mum Uncle
19. 19.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, umbrella, goat, flute, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFGUW (b) WUGFN (c) UWGFN (d) UGFNW
21. 21.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, owl, drum? (a) Old Dogs Big (b) Old Big Dogs (c) Big Old Dogs (d) Dogs Old Big
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 275616491. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 616 4991 (b) 275 616 91 (c) 275 616 491 (d) 276 516 491
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Play Ants (b) Love Eight Play Ants (c) Ants Play Love Eight (d) Love Play Ants Eight
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Every (b) Every Cats Pigs Crazy (c) Cats Every Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Every
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, sock, banana, kite, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBKIN (b) NSBKI (c) IKBSN (d) SNBKI
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, goat, umbrella? (a) Dad Goats Under (b) Goats Dad Under (c) Goats Under Dad (d) Under Goats Dad
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 852511138477. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8525 1113 4877 (b) 8852 5111 38477 (c) 8251 1138 477 (d) 8525 1113 8477
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 6121998046. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 612 199 98046 (b) 612 198 9046 (c) 612 199 804 (d) 612 199 8046
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 561984031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 561 984 031 (b) 561 984 0311 (c) 561 940 31 (d) 516 984 031
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 589656864. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 598 656 864 (b) 586 568 64 (c) 589 665 6864 (d) 589 656 864

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