Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 558 · 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 8625433018. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 862 543 3018 (b) 865 243 3018 (c) 862 543 30188 (d) 862 433 018
2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
3. 3.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 709118726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 709 111 8726 (b) 709 187 26 (c) 709 118 726 (d) 709 181 726
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, monkey, umpire, igloo, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMUID (b) DIUMC (c) MCUID (d) MUIDC
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 837521159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 837 521 159 (b) 873 521 159 (c) 837 521 1559 (d) 837 511 59
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tomato, sock, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTSL (b) TSLC (c) TCSL (d) LSTC
11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 158769603112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1587 6603 112 (b) 1587 6960 3112 (c) 1587 6960 31122 (d) 1578 6960 3112
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 481370156712. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4813 7015 6712 (b) 4813 7015 67112 (c) 4837 0156 712 (d) 4813 7015 6721
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 189886422. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 188 986 422 (b) 189 886 4422 (c) 189 864 22 (d) 189 886 422
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ice cream, flute, rope, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFRMO (b) MRFIO (c) IOFRM (d) OIFRM
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3986742294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 398 642 294 (b) 398 674 22294 (c) 398 674 2294 (d) 398 764 2294
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Silly (b) Silly Wise Green (c) Green Wise Silly (d) Wise Silly Green
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, cat, bucket? (a) Nani Cook Big (b) Cook Nani Big (c) Big Cook Nani (d) Cook Big Nani
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, sock, ball, anchor, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNBAR (b) SBARN (c) NSBAR (d) RABSN
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Seven (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Seven Wins Goats
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2392562126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 239 255 62126 (b) 239 256 226 (c) 239 256 1226 (d) 239 256 2126
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, pencil, apple, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAPN (b) NPAV (c) PAVN (d) PNAV
33. 33.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, tiger, flute, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRFB (b) TFBR (c) RTFB (d) BFTR
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 428597916631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4285 9971 6631 (b) 4259 7916 631 (c) 4285 9799 16631 (d) 4285 9791 6631
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, umbrella, net? (a) Under Runs Neat (b) Neat Under Runs (c) Runs Under Neat (d) Under Neat Runs
39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

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