Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 789 · 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.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 3472920995. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 372 920 995 (b) 342 792 0995 (c) 334 729 20995 (d) 347 292 0995
4. 4.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 197009163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 000 9163 (b) 197 001 963 (c) 197 009 63 (d) 197 009 163
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, fan, nest? (a) All Funny Neat (b) Funny Neat All (c) Funny All Neat (d) Neat Funny All
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
12. 12.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, mango, lemon, guava, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGLMW (b) WMLGO (c) MWLGO (d) MLGOW
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, orange, tomato? (a) Only Mum Tiny (b) Mum Only Tiny (c) Only Tiny Mum (d) Tiny Only Mum
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 865729077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 290 77 (b) 865 772 9077 (c) 865 729 077 (d) 865 279 077
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 417455771381. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4174 5577 1381 (b) 4174 5577 13381 (c) 1745 5771 381 (d) 4174 5577 1831
19. 19.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 201747476. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 201 747 47 (b) 210 747 476 (c) 201 744 7476 (d) 201 747 476
21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 422349391. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 422 349 319 (b) 422 349 9391 (c) 422 349 391 (d) 423 493 91
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 120484752095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1204 4752 095 (b) 1204 8472 5095 (c) 1204 8475 2095 (d) 1204 8477 52095
25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Fly Rani (b) Rani Silly Lions Fly (c) Silly Rani Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Silly Rani
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lions Fly (b) Fly Lions Seven Red (c) Seven Red Lions Fly (d) Seven Lions Fly Red
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
31. 31.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 5103801773. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 510 380 177 (b) 510 380 7173 (c) 510 380 01773 (d) 510 380 1773
33. 33.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, urn, van, tomato, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNVTL (b) UVTLN (c) LTVUN (d) NUVTL
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, banana, watch? (a) Runs Bunny Wins (b) Wins Bunny Runs (c) Bunny Wins Runs (d) Bunny Runs Wins
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, violin, urn, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUCL (b) CUVL (c) VLUC (d) LVUC

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