Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 810 · 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 101604382320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1160 4382 320 (b) 1016 0438 23320 (c) 0116 0438 2320 (d) 1016 0438 2320
2. 2.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 565686532677. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5655 6865 32677 (b) 5656 8652 677 (c) 5665 8653 2677 (d) 5656 8653 2677
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, goat, mirror, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMGI (b) GIMT (c) IGMT (d) GMTI
6. 6.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 124401992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 019 92 (b) 214 401 992 (c) 124 401 1992 (d) 124 401 992
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, flute, van? (a) Grab Frogs Vans (b) Frogs Grab Vans (c) Frogs Vans Grab (d) Vans Frogs Grab
9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, onion, key? (a) Grab Old Kids (b) Old Kids Grab (c) Old Grab Kids (d) Kids Old Grab
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, drum, apple? (a) Jolly Dance All (b) Dance Jolly All (c) Dance All Jolly (d) All Dance Jolly
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, ladder, umbrella? (a) Uncle Lions Jeeps (b) Jeeps Lions Uncle (c) Lions Jeeps Uncle (d) Lions Uncle Jeeps
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9491069114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 949 106 9114 (b) 949 106 91114 (c) 491 069 114 (d) 949 106 1914
19. 19.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, van, radio? (a) Very Love Runs (b) Love Very Runs (c) Runs Very Love (d) Very Runs Love
21. 21.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
25. 25.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8396284402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 839 622 84402 (b) 836 928 4402 (c) 839 628 4402 (d) 839 284 402
28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Eight (b) Cook Play Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Play Cook (d) Cats Eight Play Cook
31. 31.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) chunking
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 915790356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 790 3566 (b) 917 903 56 (c) 915 790 536 (d) 915 790 356
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, parrot, wallet? (a) Wins Play Kind (b) Play Kind Wins (c) Kind Play Wins (d) Play Wins Kind
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mice Ants (b) Ants Mice Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly Mice Ants (d) Fly Mice Ants Jolly
35. 35.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 919761159405. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9197 6115 9450 (b) 1976 1159 405 (c) 9197 6115 9405 (d) 9919 7611 59405
38. 38.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5042024234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 504 202 42334 (b) 504 202 4234 (c) 504 204 2234 (d) 504 202 234

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