Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 451 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, apple, tiger, needle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FATNJ (b) JNTAF (c) ATNJF (d) AFTNJ
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Frogs Mice All (b) All Mice Frogs Jump (c) Frogs Jump Mice All (d) Frogs Mice All Jump
3. 3.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice All (b) All Mice Frogs Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs Mice All (d) Frogs Mice All Jeeps
6. 6.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, shoe, rope, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URSF (b) FSRU (c) SFRU (d) SRUF
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, rope, mango? (a) Red Mice Only (b) Red Only Mice (c) Only Red Mice (d) Mice Red Only
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 261510238296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2615 1023 8296 (b) 2615 0238 296 (c) 2615 1032 8296 (d) 2615 1023 82296
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5088863475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 508 886 375 (b) 508 886 3475 (c) 508 868 3475 (d) 508 888 63475
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 528695460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 528 695 4460 (b) 582 695 460 (c) 528 695 40 (d) 528 695 460
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, banana, glass, kite, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLGKJ (b) LBGKJ (c) BGKJL (d) JKGBL
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, tent, jug? (a) Jump Toys Nine (b) Nine Toys Jump (c) Toys Nine Jump (d) Toys Jump Nine
17. 17.🧰 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 rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6883354881. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 688 335 48811 (b) 688 335 8481 (c) 688 334 881 (d) 688 335 4881
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 682874595. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 682 875 95 (b) 682 874 4595 (c) 682 874 955 (d) 682 874 595
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 426309241203. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4263 0924 1203 (b) 2630 9241 203 (c) 4263 0924 41203 (d) 4263 0924 1023
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1185214108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 185 214 108 (b) 118 522 14108 (c) 118 521 4108 (d) 118 521 4018
25. 25.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 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
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, wallet, pencil? (a) Wet Kites Pink (b) Kites Wet Pink (c) Pink Wet Kites (d) Wet Pink Kites
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 2787217788. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 287 721 7788 (b) 278 721 7788 (c) 277 217 788 (d) 227 872 17788
30. 30.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
32. 32.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
33. 33.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, drum, nest? (a) Neat Dogs Only (b) Only Dogs Neat (c) Dogs Neat Only (d) Dogs Only Neat
35. 35.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1270643818. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 127 643 818 (b) 127 064 38188 (c) 127 604 3818 (d) 127 064 3818
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, glass, watch? (a) Goats Pink Wet (b) Wet Goats Pink (c) Goats Wet Pink (d) Pink Goats Wet
40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

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