Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 579 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, rope, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCRS (b) DRSC (c) SRDC (d) CDRS
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 735200047241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7352 0007 4241 (b) 7352 0004 7241 (c) 7352 0004 241 (d) 7735 2000 47241
3. 3.🧰 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
4. 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 3819406279. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 318 940 6279 (b) 381 940 6279 (c) 389 406 279 (d) 381 944 06279
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play All (b) All Play Lions Every (c) Every Lions Play All (d) Lions Play All Every
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 4692142673. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 469 214 2673 (b) 469 214 673 (c) 462 914 2673 (d) 466 921 42673
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 998795072601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9879 5072 601 (b) 9987 7950 72601 (c) 9987 9507 2601 (d) 9989 7507 2601
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, jeep, tiger? (a) Dad Jump Tiny (b) Jump Dad Tiny (c) Jump Tiny Dad (d) Tiny Jump Dad
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pink All (b) Lazy Pink All Every (c) All Pink Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Pink All
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 886405479647. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8864 0547 9647 (b) 8840 5479 647 (c) 8864 0547 9674 (d) 8864 0554 79647
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, cat, orange, umbrella, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTOUF (b) FUOCT (c) TCOUF (d) COUFT
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pink Cats Eat (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Cook Eat Pink Cats (d) Eat Cook Pink Cats
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 222348898998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2223 4889 89998 (b) 2223 4898 8998 (c) 2223 4889 8998 (d) 2234 8898 998
31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 339372291574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3393 7229 5174 (b) 3337 2291 574 (c) 3393 7222 91574 (d) 3393 7229 1574
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 217578409982. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2175 7849 0982 (b) 2175 7840 9982 (c) 2175 7409 982 (d) 2175 7840 99982
37. 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 4294104765. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 429 414 765 (b) 424 910 4765 (c) 429 410 47765 (d) 429 410 4765
40. 40.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True

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