Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 802 · 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 918131160. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 133 1160 (b) 918 131 160 (c) 918 311 60 (d) 918 113 160
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 622031699004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6222 0316 99004 (b) 6220 3169 004 (c) 6220 3169 9004 (d) 2620 3169 9004
3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pink Aunty (b) Eight Love Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Love Eight (d) Love Pink Aunty Eight
5. 5.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 255699937213. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2556 9939 7213 (b) 2556 9993 7213 (c) 2556 9993 713 (d) 2555 6999 37213
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 645226633. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 645 222 6633 (b) 465 226 633 (c) 642 266 33 (d) 645 226 633
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Pink Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Every Pink Crazy
10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pigs Aunty (c) Eight Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Eight
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 437512642. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 437 551 2642 (b) 437 512 64 (c) 437 521 642 (d) 437 512 642
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, mango, glass? (a) My Green Inside (b) My Inside Green (c) Inside My Green (d) Green My Inside
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, inkpot, vase? (a) Jump Ink Very (b) Ink Jump Very (c) Ink Very Jump (d) Very Ink Jump
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, spoon, flute? (a) Uncle Sing Frogs (b) Sing Uncle Frogs (c) Sing Frogs Uncle (d) Frogs Sing Uncle
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Eat (c) Eat Cats Pink Cats (d) Eat Cats Cats Pink
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, pillow, duck, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPDM (b) MDPL (c) PLDM (d) PDML
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 695512464070. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6955 1246 070 (b) 6955 5124 64070 (c) 6955 1246 4007 (d) 6955 1246 4070
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 169385205. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 619 385 205 (b) 193 852 05 (c) 169 385 5205 (d) 169 385 205
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1821010042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 100 042 (b) 182 101 00422 (c) 812 101 0042 (d) 182 101 0042
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, ball, umpire? (a) Bakes Up Old (b) Up Bakes Old (c) Old Bakes Up (d) Bakes Old Up
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, tomato, drum? (a) Toys Dad Wet (b) Toys Wet Dad (c) Dad Toys Wet (d) Wet Toys Dad
32. 32.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 642020041979. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6420 2004 1997 (b) 6442 0200 41979 (c) 6420 2001 979 (d) 6420 2004 1979
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 886582310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 682 310 (b) 885 823 10 (c) 886 582 310 (d) 888 658 2310
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 924503933. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 942 503 933 (b) 924 503 33 (c) 924 503 9333 (d) 924 503 933
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
37. 37.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ball, urn, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBUO (b) OUBK (c) BKUO (d) BUOK
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5164947002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 516 494 7002 (b) 516 497 002 (c) 514 694 7002 (d) 516 494 70022
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 880008944446. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8800 0894 4446 (b) 8800 8944 446 (c) 8800 0089 44446 (d) 8800 8094 4446

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