Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 700 · 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.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 3002204545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 300 220 4545 (b) 302 204 545 (c) 300 224 0545 (d) 300 022 04545
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, igloo, fan, bucket, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOFBM (b) OIFBM (c) IFBMO (d) MBFIO
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 694064150. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 641 50 (b) 694 066 4150 (c) 694 061 450 (d) 694 064 150
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 118071559. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 075 159 (b) 118 071 59 (c) 118 807 1559 (d) 118 071 559
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, radio, jeep? (a) My Runs Jolly (b) Runs Jolly My (c) Runs My Jolly (d) Jolly Runs My
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, monkey, watch? (a) Wise Mum Fly (b) Mum Fly Wise (c) Fly Mum Wise (d) Mum Wise Fly
12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, igloo, monkey? (a) Sing Ink Mum (b) Ink Sing Mum (c) Mum Ink Sing (d) Ink Mum Sing
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4917157660. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 491 715 76660 (b) 491 175 7660 (c) 497 157 660 (d) 491 715 7660
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Lazy Every (b) Lazy Every Pink All (c) Lazy Pink All Every (d) Every Lazy Pink All
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 181469915833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1814 6999 15833 (b) 1814 6915 833 (c) 1814 6991 5833 (d) 8114 6991 5833
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8963280837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 896 238 0837 (b) 896 328 0837 (c) 896 320 837 (d) 896 322 80837
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, rope, fan, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFRN (b) RNFB (c) NRFB (d) RFBN
22. 22.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, monkey, bucket? (a) Bakes Mum Goats (b) Mum Goats Bakes (c) Goats Mum Bakes (d) Mum Bakes Goats
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (b) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pink Ants (d) Lazy Eight Pink Ants
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4932133310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 493 233 310 (b) 493 213 3301 (c) 493 213 33100 (d) 493 213 3310
29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Every Nani (b) Every Nani Sing Wet (c) Every Sing Wet Nani (d) Nani Every Sing Wet
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 603935120626. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6039 3520 626 (b) 6039 3511 20626 (c) 6039 3510 2626 (d) 6039 3512 0626
36. 36.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 410458168. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 410 458 618 (b) 404 581 68 (c) 410 458 1668 (d) 410 458 168
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 123798113273. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1237 9811 13273 (b) 2379 8113 273 (c) 1237 9811 3273 (d) 1239 7811 3273
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 657062807276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6570 6287 276 (b) 6570 6280 72776 (c) 6570 6280 7276 (d) 6570 6280 7726
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pink Love Eight (b) Love Pink Ants Eight (c) Eight Love Pink Ants (d) Love Eight Pink Ants

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