Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 512 · 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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, flute, nest? (a) Fly Neat Big (b) Big Fly Neat (c) Fly Big Neat (d) Neat Fly Big
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, pillow, mango, rose, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPMRA (b) ARMPF (c) PFMRA (d) PMRAF
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 621693039048. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6216 9303 9048 (b) 2169 3039 048 (c) 2616 9303 9048 (d) 6216 6930 39048
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 8484780348. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 848 478 3048 (b) 848 478 038 (c) 848 478 0348 (d) 844 847 80348
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 185939237640. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1859 3923 76440 (b) 8159 3923 7640 (c) 1859 3923 7640 (d) 1859 3237 640
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wise (b) Every Silly Wise Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nani
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 224709869748. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2247 0986 9748 (b) 2247 0969 748 (c) 2247 0098 69748 (d) 2247 0986 9478
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 190913315. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 913 15 (b) 190 913 315 (c) 190 911 3315 (d) 190 913 135
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Eight (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Eight (d) Eight Lions Pigs Aunty
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 7022629607. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 702 622 9607 (b) 702 262 96607 (c) 702 629 607 (d) 702 262 9607
37. 37.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, tiger, spoon? (a) Tiny Pigs Silly (b) Tiny Silly Pigs (c) Pigs Tiny Silly (d) Silly Tiny Pigs
39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 370852279164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3705 8227 9164 (b) 3708 5227 9164 (c) 3708 5229 164 (d) 3770 8522 79164

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