Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 778 · 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 413902615. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 413 902 6115 (b) 413 902 61 (c) 413 906 215 (d) 413 902 615
2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 718309121. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 783 091 21 (b) 718 330 9121 (c) 178 309 121 (d) 718 309 121
4. 4.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 6729948336. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 672 994 83366 (b) 672 994 8336 (c) 679 948 336 (d) 627 994 8336
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, fan, lemon, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILFC (b) CFLI (c) FLIC (d) FCLI
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
8. 8.🧰 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
9. 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, ladder, duck? (a) Dance Lazy Very (b) Lazy Very Dance (c) Lazy Dance Very (d) Very Lazy Dance
11. 11.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 8117210935. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 772 10935 (b) 811 721 0935 (c) 811 720 1935 (d) 817 210 935
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, spoon, frog, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKFO (b) OFSK (c) SFOK (d) KSFO
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Silly Love Funny (b) Silly Love Funny Rani (c) Funny Love Silly Rani (d) Silly Rani Love Funny
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 978580400. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 978 850 400 (b) 978 588 0400 (c) 978 580 400 (d) 978 804 00
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, ice cream, jalebi? (a) Ice Jump Mice (b) Mice Ice Jump (c) Jump Ice Mice (d) Ice Mice Jump
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
24. 24.🧰 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
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eight Play All (b) All Play Lions Eight (c) Lions Play All Eight (d) Eight Lions Play All
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 487192125073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4871 9221 25073 (b) 4871 9212 5073 (c) 4879 1212 5073 (d) 8719 2125 073
27. 27.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, spoon, wallet? (a) Fly Silly Wins (b) Silly Fly Wins (c) Wins Silly Fly (d) Silly Wins Fly
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 131901370. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 901 370 (b) 131 901 70 (c) 131 190 1370 (d) 131 901 370
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, duck, jug, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCJM (b) MJDC (c) CDJM (d) DJMC
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Silly Wise (b) Eight Nani Silly Wise (c) Wise Silly Eight Nani (d) Eight Silly Wise Nani
34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
35. 35.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧰 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
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, tomato, umpire, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTUG (b) TUGR (c) TRUG (d) GUTR
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 404947081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 404 947 081 (b) 404 947 0811 (c) 404 497 081 (d) 404 947 81

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