Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 66 · 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: frog, glass, key, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGKB (b) BKGF (c) GKBF (d) GFKB
2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 788716112911. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7887 1611 2911 (b) 7887 1611 291 (c) 7887 1611 29111 (d) 7887 1611 2191
4. 4.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, net, banana, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBNV (b) NVBD (c) NBDV (d) VNBD
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, jalebi, shoe? (a) Jolly Seven Rani (b) Jolly Rani Seven (c) Rani Jolly Seven (d) Seven Jolly Rani
10. 10.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 472453860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 472 453 8660 (b) 724 538 60 (c) 472 453 680 (d) 472 453 860
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 5642089281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 564 208 928 (b) 564 208 9281 (c) 564 220 89281 (d) 564 028 9281
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wet Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wet
16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, pillow, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGUC (b) CPGU (c) UGPC (d) PCGU
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
20. 20.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, ant, urn? (a) Under Ants Love (b) Ants Under Love (c) Ants Love Under (d) Love Ants Under
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
23. 23.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 7363484714. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 736 348 4714 (b) 736 348 47114 (c) 736 484 714 (d) 736 344 8714
25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tomato, fan, lamp, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTFLI (b) TPFLI (c) TFLIP (d) ILFTP
28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 901123846. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 901 122 3846 (b) 901 123 846 (c) 901 123 84 (d) 901 123 486
30. 30.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs My Ants (b) Frogs My Ants Jolly (c) Ants My Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly My Ants
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nine (b) Nine Every Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Every Nine (d) Every Nine Silly Wet
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 698065469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 698 065 469 (b) 698 066 5469 (c) 698 064 569 (d) 698 054 69
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 227537496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 574 96 (b) 227 537 496 (c) 227 537 4966 (d) 227 537 469
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, fan, watch? (a) Fly Jump Wins (b) Wins Fly Jump (c) Fly Wins Jump (d) Jump Fly Wins

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