Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 418 · 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 5224489827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 522 244 89827 (b) 522 448 827 (c) 522 448 9827 (d) 522 484 9827
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, cat, banana, glass, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCBGF (b) CDBGF (c) FGBCD (d) CBGFD
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, parrot, igloo? (a) Bakes Pigs Ice (b) Pigs Ice Bakes (c) Ice Pigs Bakes (d) Pigs Bakes Ice
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, wallet, umbrella, rope, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WURDA (b) WAURD (c) DRUWA (d) AWURD
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (b) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (c) Aunty My Fly Jeeps (d) Fly My Aunty Jeeps
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Wise Silly Goats
10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 557472575051. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5574 7257 5051 (b) 5574 7255 051 (c) 5574 7257 50511 (d) 5754 7257 5051
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, apple, umbrella, lemon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLUAB (b) BAULF (c) AULFB (d) ABULF
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4989998724. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 499 998 724 (b) 498 999 8274 (c) 498 999 87244 (d) 498 999 8724
16. 16.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, flute, wallet, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWFS (b) FSWU (c) FWUS (d) SFWU
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mum All (b) Frogs Mum All Jeeps (c) All Mum Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps Mum All
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mice Aunty (d) Frogs Jump Mice Aunty
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, drum, sock, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASDP (b) DSAP (c) DPSA (d) PDSA
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, banana, parrot, ladder, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLPBS (b) BSPLK (c) BPLKS (d) SBPLK
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 258123558653. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2581 2355 8653 (b) 2258 1235 58653 (c) 2812 3558 653 (d) 2581 3255 8653
30. 30.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 6378991337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 889 91337 (b) 637 899 1337 (c) 637 991 337 (d) 673 899 1337
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, duck, monkey, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMNK (b) DKMN (c) NMDK (d) KDMN
34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, frog, cat, kite, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMCKD (b) FCKDM (c) MFCKD (d) DKCFM
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, ant, lemon? (a) All Under Lazy (b) Under All Lazy (c) Lazy All Under (d) All Lazy Under
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, wallet, guava? (a) Goats Wet My (b) Wet Goats My (c) Wet My Goats (d) My Wet Goats
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 879831056. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 897 831 056 (b) 878 310 56 (c) 879 831 0056 (d) 879 831 056
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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