Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 855 · 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: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
2. 2.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 921020489245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9210 2048 9245 (b) 9210 2408 9245 (c) 9921 0204 89245 (d) 9210 0489 245
4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 659350967. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 659 350 967 (b) 659 350 697 (c) 659 355 0967 (d) 659 350 97
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Play Cats (b) Cook Every Play Cats (c) Cook Play Cats Every (d) Cats Play Cook Every
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, frog, ladder? (a) Funny Love Big (b) Funny Big Love (c) Big Funny Love (d) Love Funny Big
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 180248574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 248 57 (b) 180 224 8574 (c) 180 248 574 (d) 180 245 874
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 178488010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 178 848 010 (b) 178 488 8010 (c) 178 488 010 (d) 178 880 10
11. 11.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, drum, candle, sock, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDCSG (b) GSCDB (c) DBCSG (d) DCSGB
13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
14. 14.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 5711158072. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 571 118 5072 (b) 571 115 8072 (c) 571 111 58072 (d) 571 118 072
17. 17.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 312568158499. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3156 8158 499 (b) 3125 6815 8499 (c) 3125 6851 8499 (d) 3125 6815 84499
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 368017689991. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3680 1769 8991 (b) 3680 1176 89991 (c) 3680 1768 999 (d) 3680 1768 9991
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, key, anchor? (a) All Kind Owls (b) Kind Owls All (c) Kind All Owls (d) Owls Kind All
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 945962964582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9456 2964 582 (b) 9459 6299 64582 (c) 9459 6296 4852 (d) 9459 6296 4582
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wise Seven (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Seven Wise Green (d) Wise Seven Green
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mango, lamp, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBLA (b) BMLA (c) MLAB (d) ALMB
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 1207695185. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 769 5185 (b) 120 769 55185 (c) 120 795 185 (d) 120 765 9185
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 283800694. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 283 380 0694 (b) 238 800 694 (c) 283 806 94 (d) 283 800 694
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 2925887791. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 292 588 87791 (b) 292 587 791 (c) 292 588 7971 (d) 292 588 7791
31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Every (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Every Cats Pink Cats
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mice All (b) Funny Mice All Jump (c) All Mice Funny Jump (d) Jump Funny Mice All
37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 652512513934. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6525 1251 334 (b) 6525 1251 3934 (c) 6525 1125 13934 (d) 6525 1215 3934
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 525979341010. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5259 9793 41010 (b) 5597 9341 010 (c) 2559 7934 1010 (d) 5259 7934 1010
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 375792117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 377 921 17 (b) 375 779 2117 (c) 735 792 117 (d) 375 792 117

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