Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 55 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 7690337600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 769 033 700 (b) 769 303 7600 (c) 769 033 37600 (d) 769 033 7600
2. 2.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, ball, whistle? (a) Bakes Wins Tiny (b) Tiny Bakes Wins (c) Wins Bakes Tiny (d) Bakes Tiny Wins
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 625316174362. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6253 1617 432 (b) 6253 1614 7362 (c) 6253 1617 4362 (d) 6255 3161 74362
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 1942463481. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 194 246 3841 (b) 194 246 34811 (c) 194 246 3481 (d) 142 463 481
8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, whistle, pencil, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPSA (b) SPWA (c) WAPS (d) AWPS
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 133636755. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 636 755 (b) 133 663 6755 (c) 133 636 755 (d) 133 636 75
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, frog, umbrella? (a) Uncle Funny Pink (b) Funny Pink Uncle (c) Pink Funny Uncle (d) Funny Uncle Pink
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wise Neat (b) Eight Neat Silly Wise (c) Neat Eight Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eight Neat
21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, kettle, rope, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRKC (b) KRDC (c) CKRD (d) KCRD
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Frogs Runs (b) Frogs Lions Silly Runs (c) Silly Runs Lions Frogs (d) Runs Silly Lions Frogs
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 872035098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 872 035 908 (b) 887 203 5098 (c) 872 035 09 (d) 872 035 098
31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 425510601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 425 510 601 (b) 452 510 601 (c) 425 511 0601 (d) 425 510 01
35. 35.🧰 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
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, pencil, drum, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDPN (b) PDBN (c) NPDB (d) PNDB
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, rope, wallet, nest, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKWNF (b) RWNFK (c) KRWNF (d) FNWRK
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
39. 39.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8031317812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 803 313 17812 (b) 803 131 7812 (c) 083 131 7812 (d) 803 137 812

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