Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 506 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, lamp, orange? (a) Lions Neat Old (b) Old Lions Neat (c) Neat Lions Old (d) Lions Old Neat
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 269825992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 269 825 992 (b) 269 825 99 (c) 226 982 5992 (d) 269 829 592
4. 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 462215987712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4622 1598 771 (b) 4622 1159 87712 (c) 4622 1598 7172 (d) 4622 1598 7712
6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5074116542. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 507 411 6542 (b) 057 411 6542 (c) 500 741 16542 (d) 507 411 542
9. 9.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 871820750668. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8718 2075 0668 (b) 8782 0750 668 (c) 8781 2075 0668 (d) 8871 8207 50668
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ice cream, ant, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IANW (b) WIAN (c) IWAN (d) NAIW
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, ant, glass? (a) All Grab Inside (b) Grab All Inside (c) Inside All Grab (d) All Inside Grab
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eat Nani (b) Nani Eat Sing Wise (c) Eat Sing Wise Nani (d) Eat Nani Sing Wise
16. 16.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, igloo, drum, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIDM (b) IDMN (c) INDM (d) MDIN
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, banana, kite, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJKP (b) BKPJ (c) JBKP (d) PKBJ
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 658545641. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 658 854 5641 (b) 658 545 641 (c) 685 456 41 (d) 568 545 641
22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 7223211660. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 722 332 11660 (b) 722 321 166 (c) 722 231 1660 (d) 722 321 1660
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 472104273. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 104 273 (b) 472 104 73 (c) 472 104 273 (d) 472 104 2273
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 472672900986. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4726 6729 00986 (b) 4726 7290 0986 (c) 4762 7290 0986 (d) 4726 2900 986
27. 27.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 419028404870. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4910 2840 4870 (b) 4190 2840 4870 (c) 4199 0284 04870 (d) 4102 8404 870
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, doll, jalebi, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDJRP (b) GPDJR (c) PGDJR (d) RJDGP
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, kite, candle, nest, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCNBD (b) BNCKD (c) DKCNB (d) KDCNB
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, mirror, banana, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBMG (b) GMBC (c) MGBC (d) MBCG
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9588410937. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 958 841 0937 (b) 958 410 937 (c) 958 841 09337 (d) 958 841 9037
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
38. 38.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA

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