Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 913 · 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 519574479232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5195 7447 9232 (b) 5195 7447 79232 (c) 5195 7479 232 (d) 5195 7449 7232
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, bucket, pencil, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTPK (b) BPKT (c) KPBT (d) TBPK
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, onion, goat? (a) Green Old Vines (b) Old Vines Green (c) Old Green Vines (d) Vines Old Green
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym word
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 547712042243. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5477 1204 2243 (b) 5477 1204 22243 (c) 4577 1204 2243 (d) 5477 1042 243
9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
12. 12.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 515151803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 515 1803 (b) 551 151 803 (c) 515 151 803 (d) 515 151 03
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ice cream, doll, key, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKDIN (b) INDKR (c) IDKRN (d) NIDKR
16. 16.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4621118397. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 462 111 8379 (b) 462 118 397 (c) 462 111 8397 (d) 446 211 18397
18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, lamp, candle, owl, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLCOI (b) LCOIF (c) IOCLF (d) LFCOI
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, duck, frog, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFKW (b) KFDW (c) WDFK (d) DWFK
21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
24. 24.✏️ 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
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 313521751687. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3135 2175 1687 (b) 3135 2177 51687 (c) 1335 2175 1687 (d) 1352 1751 687
26. 26.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ant, kite? (a) Frogs All Kites (b) All Frogs Kites (c) All Kites Frogs (d) Kites All Frogs
31. 31.🧰 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
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, cat, tomato? (a) Cats Toys Old (b) Cats Old Toys (c) Toys Cats Old (d) Old Cats Toys
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 598930299. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 598 302 99 (b) 599 830 299 (c) 598 930 2999 (d) 598 930 299
34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, kite, drum? (a) Kites Dogs Sing (b) Kites Sing Dogs (c) Sing Kites Dogs (d) Dogs Kites Sing
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Runs Sing Love Frogs (c) Sing Runs Love Frogs (d) Sing Love Frogs Runs
38. 38.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence

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