Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 687 · 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.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, nest, cat? (a) Neat Dad Crazy (b) Neat Crazy Dad (c) Dad Neat Crazy (d) Crazy Neat Dad
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, sock, umpire? (a) Seven Uncle Cats (b) Cats Seven Uncle (c) Seven Cats Uncle (d) Uncle Seven Cats
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, drum, kettle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDKS (b) SKDB (c) DKSB (d) DBKS
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 436293103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 436 231 03 (b) 346 293 103 (c) 436 293 103 (d) 436 293 1003
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, mango, violin, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVWN (b) WVMN (c) NMVW (d) MNVW
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, candle, violin, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVAO (b) OCVA (c) AVCO (d) COVA
12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 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
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
15. 15.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 618390162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 681 390 162 (b) 183 901 62 (c) 618 390 162 (d) 618 390 0162
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 537098809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 537 098 089 (b) 537 098 809 (c) 553 709 8809 (d) 537 098 80
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Love Fly (b) Sing Runs Love Fly (c) Sing Love Fly Runs (d) Fly Love Sing Runs
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Goats Silly (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Wise Silly Goats
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 987641448141. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9876 4144 811 (b) 9876 4144 8141 (c) 9786 4144 8141 (d) 9876 4414 48141
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, goat, ant, bucket, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGABI (b) GKABI (c) IBAGK (d) GABIK
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Goats Wet Sing
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2530257228. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 257 228 (b) 253 025 7228 (c) 253 052 7228 (d) 253 025 72288
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 382957131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 382 955 7131 (b) 382 957 131 (c) 389 571 31 (d) 382 951 731
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, pencil, ice cream? (a) Kites Pink Inside (b) Pink Kites Inside (c) Pink Inside Kites (d) Inside Pink Kites
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 412894006806. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4129 4006 806 (b) 4128 9440 06806 (c) 4182 9400 6806 (d) 4128 9400 6806
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, pillow, owl? (a) Old Pink Bunny (b) Pink Bunny Old (c) Bunny Pink Old (d) Pink Old Bunny
36. 36.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 787518212467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7875 1822 12467 (b) 7875 1821 2647 (c) 7875 1821 267 (d) 7875 1821 2467
38. 38.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP

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