Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 731 · 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 207454323405. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2074 5423 3405 (b) 2077 4543 23405 (c) 2074 5323 405 (d) 2074 5432 3405
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, kite, pillow? (a) Kind Up Play (b) Up Kind Play (c) Play Kind Up (d) Kind Play Up
5. 5.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🧰 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
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 634251089883. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6342 5109 8883 (b) 6342 1089 883 (c) 6334 2510 89883 (d) 6342 5108 9883
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 552412512. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 125 12 (b) 552 412 5122 (c) 552 412 152 (d) 552 412 512
12. 12.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 662538636779. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6625 3863 779 (b) 6625 3866 36779 (c) 6625 3863 6779 (d) 6265 3863 6779
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, frog, urn, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUFG (b) GFUR (c) FURG (d) FGUR
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Sing Wins (b) Eat Nani Sing Wins (c) Wins Sing Eat Nani (d) Eat Sing Wins Nani
16. 16.🧰 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
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, jeep, pencil, inkpot, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VIPJG (b) JPIVG (c) JGPIV (d) GJPIV
18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tiger, watch, onion, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWOMK (b) MOWTK (c) KTWOM (d) TKWOM
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 702036610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 366 10 (b) 702 036 610 (c) 072 036 610 (d) 702 203 6610
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 907282866597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9072 2866 597 (b) 9078 2286 6597 (c) 9072 8286 6597 (d) 9072 8828 66597
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 859581317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 859 581 317 (b) 595 813 17 (c) 859 581 1317 (d) 895 581 317
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Sing Wet Nani (b) Eight Nani Sing Wet (c) Nani Eight Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eight Nani
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wise (b) Neat Eat Seven Wise (c) Wise Seven Eat Neat (d) Eat Seven Wise Neat
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, monkey, urn? (a) Up Mice Fly (b) Mice Up Fly (c) Fly Mice Up (d) Mice Fly Up
28. 28.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 820593412013. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8205 9341 2013 (b) 8205 9341 201 (c) 8250 9341 2013 (d) 8205 9341 22013
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.🧰 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
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
35. 35.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 154002955. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 154 002 955 (b) 145 002 955 (c) 540 029 55 (d) 154 000 2955
37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, cat, guava? (a) Cats Goats Lazy (b) Goats Cats Lazy (c) Cats Lazy Goats (d) Lazy Cats Goats
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, net, flute? (a) Love Neat Funny (b) Neat Funny Love (c) Neat Love Funny (d) Funny Neat Love
40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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