Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 452 · 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.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 899921649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 899 921 49 (b) 899 912 649 (c) 889 992 1649 (d) 899 921 649
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 489921059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 489 921 059 (b) 489 921 0599 (c) 489 210 59 (d) 498 921 059
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, ball, flute? (a) Big Dad Funny (b) Funny Big Dad (c) Dad Big Funny (d) Big Funny Dad
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, goat, bucket, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBCK (b) KGBC (c) GKBC (d) CBGK
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, pillow, violin? (a) Pink Cook Vines (b) Vines Pink Cook (c) Pink Vines Cook (d) Cook Pink Vines
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink Aunty (b) Lions Pink Aunty Every (c) Lions Every Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lions Every
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 996199016643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9961 9906 643 (b) 9966 1990 16643 (c) 9961 9901 6643 (d) 9969 1901 6643
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, guava, violin, net, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVNRF (b) RNVGF (c) GFVNR (d) FGVNR
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 366886919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 368 686 919 (b) 366 886 91 (c) 366 888 6919 (d) 366 886 919
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 250957031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 950 731 (b) 259 570 31 (c) 250 957 031 (d) 250 095 7031
21. 21.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 716917151051. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7169 1715 1051 (b) 7166 9171 51051 (c) 7169 1711 5051 (d) 7169 1715 101
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, jalebi, glass? (a) Jump Grab Dad (b) Dad Jump Grab (c) Jump Dad Grab (d) Grab Jump Dad
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1408945721. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 148 094 5721 (b) 140 894 5721 (c) 140 894 57211 (d) 140 895 721
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 910051913620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9100 5191 33620 (b) 9105 1913 620 (c) 9100 5191 3260 (d) 9100 5191 3620
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 131831772. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 131 831 772 (b) 138 131 772 (c) 131 831 77 (d) 131 831 7722
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, onion, ant? (a) Owls Aunty Mum (b) Mum Owls Aunty (c) Aunty Owls Mum (d) Owls Mum Aunty
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, anchor, tiger? (a) All Goats Tiny (b) All Tiny Goats (c) Goats All Tiny (d) Tiny All Goats
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, cat, jalebi? (a) Cats Only Jeeps (b) Jeeps Cats Only (c) Cats Jeeps Only (d) Only Cats Jeeps
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, cat, parrot, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPNB (b) BCPN (c) NPCB (d) CBPN
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, anchor, jalebi? (a) All Jeeps Play (b) Play All Jeeps (c) Jeeps All Play (d) All Play Jeeps
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, violin, orange? (a) Vines Uncle Only (b) Vines Only Uncle (c) Only Vines Uncle (d) Uncle Vines Only
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8105657112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 810 565 71112 (b) 810 565 7112 (c) 810 565 112 (d) 801 565 7112

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