Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 654 · 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 735943654. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 735 943 3654 (b) 735 943 654 (c) 359 436 54 (d) 375 943 654
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 602576667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 602 756 667 (b) 602 257 6667 (c) 602 576 67 (d) 602 576 667
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 583529709. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 583 259 709 (b) 583 522 9709 (c) 835 297 09 (d) 583 529 709
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, coconut, pillow, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPNF (b) CFPN (c) NPCF (d) FCPN
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, guava, owl, flute, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GROFN (b) GOFNR (c) RGOFN (d) NFOGR
10. 10.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 7635048633. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 763 504 8633 (b) 763 548 633 (c) 763 054 8633 (d) 766 350 48633
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 687122760. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 687 712 2760 (b) 681 227 60 (c) 687 122 760 (d) 867 122 760
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Seven Wet (b) Eat Seven Wet Nine (c) Wet Seven Eat Nine (d) Nine Eat Seven Wet
14. 14.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 367955796. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 955 796 (b) 367 955 5796 (c) 367 955 796 (d) 367 557 96
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, shoe, kite? (a) Kites Sing Nine (b) Sing Kites Nine (c) Sing Nine Kites (d) Nine Sing Kites
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tent, fan, guava, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFGID (b) IGFTD (c) TDFGI (d) DTFGI
19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mango, tiger, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTMG (b) MGTF (c) GMTF (d) MTFG
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, orange, frog, coconut, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLFCB (b) OFCBL (c) LOFCB (d) BCFOL
22. 22.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (c) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (d) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants
24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
25. 25.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 216728025. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 728 025 (b) 211 672 8025 (c) 216 728 05 (d) 216 782 025
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
29. 29.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, needle, rope? (a) Nani Rani Play (b) Nani Play Rani (c) Play Nani Rani (d) Rani Nani Play
32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 802141483. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 082 141 483 (b) 802 144 83 (c) 802 141 4833 (d) 802 141 483
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice Aunty (b) Jolly Fly Mice Aunty (c) Fly Mice Aunty Jolly (d) Aunty Mice Fly Jolly
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, cat, jeep? (a) Jump Cook Vans (b) Vans Cook Jump (c) Cook Vans Jump (d) Cook Jump Vans
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 421694452000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4216 9445 20000 (b) 4216 9442 5000 (c) 4216 9445 2000 (d) 4219 4452 000

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