Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 559 · 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 442551775954. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4425 5177 554 (b) 4425 5517 75954 (c) 4425 5177 5945 (d) 4425 5177 5954
2. 2.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 264688773. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 264 688 773 (b) 646 887 73 (c) 264 688 7773 (d) 624 688 773
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
7. 7.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, urn, sock, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URSK (b) USKR (c) RUSK (d) KSUR
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🧰 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
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
14. 14.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 7210005772. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 271 000 5772 (b) 721 000 05772 (c) 721 005 772 (d) 721 000 5772
16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
17. 17.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 2735764105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 723 576 4105 (b) 273 576 410 (c) 273 577 64105 (d) 273 576 4105
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, mango, flute, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFMR (b) RMFK (c) MFKR (d) MRFK
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 614829279648. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1648 2927 9648 (b) 6148 2927 96448 (c) 6148 2927 9648 (d) 6148 2979 648
23. 23.🧰 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
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 356151800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 356 151 800 (b) 335 615 1800 (c) 536 151 800 (d) 356 151 80
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 3773531219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 373 753 1219 (b) 377 735 31219 (c) 377 531 219 (d) 377 353 1219
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Grab (b) Silly Wins Grab (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Grab Wins Silly
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 692523001. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 692 252 3001 (b) 692 523 001 (c) 692 523 00 (d) 695 223 001
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 187885371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 187 858 371 (b) 187 885 71 (c) 187 788 5371 (d) 187 885 371
31. 31.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pigs Aunty Every (b) Aunty Pigs Love Every (c) Love Every Pigs Aunty (d) Every Love Pigs Aunty
33. 33.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 751076509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 076 509 (b) 751 765 09 (c) 751 067 509 (d) 751 077 6509
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Sing Wet (b) Eight Sing Wet Neat (c) Wet Sing Eight Neat (d) Neat Eight Sing Wet
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, net, ball? (a) Nine Aunty Bakes (b) Bakes Nine Aunty (c) Nine Bakes Aunty (d) Aunty Nine Bakes

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