Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 490 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
2. 2.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 305195832300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3305 1958 32300 (b) 3051 9583 2300 (c) 3059 5832 300 (d) 3059 1583 2300
4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5022929649. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 502 292 9469 (b) 502 292 9649 (c) 502 292 96449 (d) 522 929 649
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 187949234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 189 749 234 (b) 189 492 34 (c) 187 949 234 (d) 187 949 2234
7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 8532029310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 853 202 93310 (b) 853 209 310 (c) 853 202 9310 (d) 853 209 2310
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5579971509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 579 971 509 (b) 557 997 15099 (c) 557 997 1059 (d) 557 997 1509
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Seven (b) Wet Seven Goats (c) Goats Wet Seven (d) Seven Wet Goats
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 532834120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 523 834 120 (b) 532 841 20 (c) 533 283 4120 (d) 532 834 120
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, spoon, key? (a) Kids Seven Big (b) Seven Kids Big (c) Big Seven Kids (d) Seven Big Kids
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, cat, mango? (a) Tea Cats Mice (b) Cats Tea Mice (c) Mice Cats Tea (d) Cats Mice Tea
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 845891884951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8458 9884 951 (b) 8458 9188 49551 (c) 8548 9188 4951 (d) 8458 9188 4951
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Lions Every (b) Lions Every Pink Aunty (c) Every Lions Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Every
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 6415534785. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 534 785 (b) 641 553 47885 (c) 641 554 3785 (d) 641 553 4785
22. 22.🧰 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
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2939120054. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 293 912 00544 (b) 293 912 0054 (c) 293 912 054 (d) 923 912 0054
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 721273420055. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7212 7342 005 (b) 2712 7342 0055 (c) 7212 7342 20055 (d) 7212 7342 0055
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, radio, drum, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDRF (b) RDGF (c) RFDG (d) FRDG
31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 3904298236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 390 498 236 (b) 390 422 98236 (c) 390 429 8236 (d) 390 429 8326
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, glass, jalebi? (a) Wise Goats Jeeps (b) Goats Jeeps Wise (c) Goats Wise Jeeps (d) Jeeps Goats Wise
34. 34.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Play All (b) Lazy Eat Play All (c) Lazy Play All Eat (d) All Play Lazy Eat
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 795249475888. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7952 4975 888 (b) 7952 4947 5888 (c) 9752 4947 5888 (d) 7952 4944 75888
37. 37.🧰 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
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN

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