Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 959 · 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 8780765376. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 878 807 65376 (b) 878 076 5376 (c) 878 076 5367 (d) 780 765 376
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 798763472551. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7897 6347 2551 (b) 7998 7634 72551 (c) 7986 3472 551 (d) 7987 6347 2551
5. 5.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, lamp, wallet? (a) Love Wet Uncle (b) Wet Love Uncle (c) Love Uncle Wet (d) Uncle Love Wet
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 163771218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 377 1218 (b) 136 771 218 (c) 163 771 28 (d) 163 771 218
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 685160282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 685 610 282 (b) 685 166 0282 (c) 685 160 282 (d) 685 160 22
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, drum, coconut? (a) Cats Dad Kids (b) Dad Cats Kids (c) Dad Kids Cats (d) Kids Dad Cats
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 757541389. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 757 451 389 (b) 757 541 389 (c) 757 541 39 (d) 755 754 1389
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 3084100980. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 308 410 0980 (b) 308 410 00980 (c) 380 410 0980 (d) 308 410 090
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Aunty Every (b) Lazy Every Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Lazy Every (d) Every Lazy Pink Aunty
16. 16.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 694860516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 694 860 0516 (b) 649 860 516 (c) 694 860 516 (d) 694 865 16
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1563722587. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 156 372 2587 (b) 156 372 287 (c) 153 672 2587 (d) 155 637 22587
19. 19.🧰 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
20. 20.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, nest, parrot, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPNM (b) NPJM (c) MNPJ (d) NMPJ
22. 22.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
26. 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, guava, urn? (a) Uncle Goats Dogs (b) Goats Dogs Uncle (c) Dogs Goats Uncle (d) Goats Uncle Dogs
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 182813781894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8128 1378 1894 (b) 1828 1378 1894 (c) 1828 1137 81894 (d) 1281 3781 894
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (c) Seven Lazy Fly Rani (d) Seven Rani Lazy Fly
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, radio, mango, pillow, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMPNW (b) RWMPN (c) WRMPN (d) NPMRW
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, banana, spoon? (a) Bunny Silly Wise (b) Silly Bunny Wise (c) Bunny Wise Silly (d) Wise Bunny Silly
39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

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