Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 936 · 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 344407103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 344 407 103 (b) 344 401 03 (c) 344 440 7103 (d) 344 407 130
2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
4. 4.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
6. 6.🧰 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) chunking (d) a rhyme
7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, radio, frog, bucket, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBFRN (b) RNFBT (c) RFBTN (d) NRFBT
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 130601020741. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1060 1020 741 (b) 1300 6010 20741 (c) 1306 0102 7041 (d) 1306 0102 0741
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 129094557069. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1290 4557 069 (b) 1299 0455 7069 (c) 1290 0945 57069 (d) 1290 9455 7069
13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, frog, wallet, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOWD (b) DWFO (c) FWDO (d) OFWD
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 818901043603. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8198 0104 3603 (b) 8189 0104 303 (c) 8188 9010 43603 (d) 8189 0104 3603
17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 5652411800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 214 1800 (b) 565 241 11800 (c) 565 241 1800 (d) 565 211 800
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 5562393214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 556 293 214 (b) 556 239 93214 (c) 556 239 3214 (d) 565 239 3214
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, inkpot, frog, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFID (b) IDFN (c) DIFN (d) IFND
24. 24.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mirror, lamp, goat, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGLMB (b) MLGSB (c) MBLGS (d) BMLGS
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 902127170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 902 127 170 (b) 902 217 170 (c) 901 271 70 (d) 900 212 7170
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Love Frogs Red (b) Frogs Love Sing Red (c) Red Sing Love Frogs (d) Sing Red Love Frogs
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, drum, anchor? (a) Ants Dad Cats (b) Cats Dad Ants (c) Dad Ants Cats (d) Dad Cats Ants
31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, kite, violin? (a) Cook Kind Vines (b) Kind Cook Vines (c) Kind Vines Cook (d) Vines Kind Cook
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, ice cream, candle, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCIM (b) IMCS (c) MICS (d) ICSM
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, fan, ball? (a) Ice Frogs Bunny (b) Frogs Bunny Ice (c) Bunny Frogs Ice (d) Frogs Ice Bunny
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 816095197442. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8160 9517 442 (b) 8160 9519 7424 (c) 8160 9519 7442 (d) 8166 0951 97442
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 874735429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 887 473 5429 (b) 847 354 29 (c) 874 735 429 (d) 847 735 429
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5891584191. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 915 84191 (b) 591 584 191 (c) 589 158 4191 (d) 589 158 4911

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