Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 590 · 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 269733575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 269 733 3575 (b) 269 733 575 (c) 269 733 755 (d) 297 335 75
2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 551566924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 566 924 (b) 551 566 942 (c) 551 566 94 (d) 551 156 6924
9. 9.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 511890894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 518 908 94 (b) 511 189 0894 (c) 511 890 894 (d) 518 190 894
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 2235833952. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 583 392 (b) 223 583 3952 (c) 223 583 3592 (d) 223 583 39952
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 408887759346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4088 8757 9346 (b) 4088 7759 346 (c) 4088 8775 93466 (d) 4088 8775 9346
13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 340010087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 340 100 087 (b) 340 010 087 (c) 340 001 0087 (d) 340 010 87
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 691899037. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 691 989 037 (b) 691 189 9037 (c) 691 899 037 (d) 618 990 37
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Seven Wet Goats (c) Wet Goats Seven (d) Goats Wet Seven
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Play Ants (b) Every Lazy Play Ants (c) Ants Play Lazy Every (d) Lazy Play Ants Every
23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 766974636. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 766 947 636 (b) 766 997 4636 (c) 769 746 36 (d) 766 974 636
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
30. 30.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Every (b) Crazy Every Play Cats (c) Every Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Every
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 366393955529. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3663 9359 5529 (b) 3663 9395 55529 (c) 3663 9395 529 (d) 3663 9395 5529
34. 34.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Nine (b) Every Sing Wet Nine (c) Nine Every Sing Wet (d) Every Nine Sing Wet
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, ice cream, ladder? (a) Lions Ink Mum (b) Ink Lions Mum (c) Mum Ink Lions (d) Ink Mum Lions
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 542970166. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 542 971 66 (b) 542 970 166 (c) 542 971 066 (d) 542 970 0166
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, anchor, tent, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATJR (b) ARTJ (c) JTAR (d) RATJ
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme

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