Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 898 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, owl, banana, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBOW (b) OWBF (c) WOBF (d) OBFW
2. 2.🧰 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
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 456852028000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4568 5202 28000 (b) 4568 5202 8000 (c) 4568 2502 8000 (d) 4568 5202 800
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 4224042240. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 242 404 2240 (b) 422 240 42240 (c) 424 042 240 (d) 422 404 2240
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Silly (b) Silly Wet Goats (c) Wet Goats Silly (d) Wet Silly Goats
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 1365664723. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 316 566 4723 (b) 136 564 723 (c) 136 566 64723 (d) 136 566 4723
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6419742821. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 974 2821 (b) 641 974 281 (c) 641 197 42821 (d) 461 974 2821
16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, coconut, ant, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCAJ (b) CFAJ (c) CAJF (d) JACF
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 801227793815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8012 2779 3815 (b) 8022 7793 815 (c) 8021 2779 3815 (d) 8012 2779 93815
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wins (b) Eat Sing Wins Neat (c) Wins Sing Eat Neat (d) Neat Eat Sing Wins
27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, ladder, monkey, wallet, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMWBD (b) LDMWB (c) DLMWB (d) BWMLD
29. 29.🧰 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
30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Grab (b) Wins Grab Silly (c) Wins Silly Grab (d) Grab Wins Silly
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 176083296. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 176 082 96 (b) 176 083 296 (c) 167 083 296 (d) 176 083 2996
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 332545530956. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3325 4553 0956 (b) 3325 4555 30956 (c) 3325 4530 956 (d) 3352 4553 0956
34. 34.🧰 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
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, goat, tent, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGTD (b) DTGL (c) GTDL (d) GLTD
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jug, nest, van, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDNVP (b) JNVPD (c) PVNJD (d) DJNVP
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Goats (b) Goats Wins Silly (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Wins Goats Silly
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, lemon, igloo, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIFC (b) FILC (c) CLIF (d) LCIF
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 890287911. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 890 288 7911 (b) 890 287 911 (c) 902 879 11 (d) 809 287 911
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5907763475. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 590 776 3475 (b) 590 773 6475 (c) 590 777 63475 (d) 907 763 475

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