Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 108 · 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 acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, ball, vase? (a) Big Vans Wins (b) Wins Big Vans (c) Vans Big Wins (d) Big Wins Vans
6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
8. 8.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 725896341303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7258 6341 303 (b) 7285 9634 1303 (c) 7258 9634 13303 (d) 7258 9634 1303
11. 11.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
15. 15.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, lamp, drum? (a) Dogs Lions Bunny (b) Bunny Lions Dogs (c) Lions Dogs Bunny (d) Lions Bunny Dogs
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 584115757. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 588 411 5757 (b) 854 115 757 (c) 584 115 757 (d) 584 115 57
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, drum, parrot? (a) Goats Dogs Pigs (b) Pigs Dogs Goats (c) Dogs Pigs Goats (d) Dogs Goats Pigs
19. 19.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 3122593824. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 593 824 (b) 312 259 3824 (c) 312 259 38224 (d) 312 259 3284
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 761695302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 761 653 02 (b) 761 695 302 (c) 761 695 5302 (d) 716 695 302
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wise (b) Neat Eat Silly Wise (c) Eat Silly Wise Neat (d) Wise Silly Eat Neat
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Red (b) Silly Love Funny Red (c) Silly Red Love Funny (d) Red Silly Love Funny
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 110022582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 111 002 2582 (b) 101 022 582 (c) 110 225 82 (d) 110 022 582
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 254114341. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 254 114 41 (b) 245 114 341 (c) 254 114 341 (d) 254 114 3441
30. 30.🧰 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
31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cats Eight (b) Eight Cats Cats Play (c) Eight Cats Play Cats (d) Cats Eight Play Cats
32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, rope, cat? (a) Red Cats Silly (b) Red Silly Cats (c) Silly Red Cats (d) Cats Red Silly
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, wallet, orange, needle, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWONT (b) WLONT (c) TNOWL (d) WONTL
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 901271667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 716 67 (b) 901 271 667 (c) 910 271 667 (d) 901 271 6667
37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, ice cream, frog? (a) Inside Fly Very (b) Very Inside Fly (c) Fly Inside Very (d) Inside Very Fly
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, wallet, drum? (a) Wins Pink Dad (b) Pink Wins Dad (c) Wins Dad Pink (d) Dad Wins Pink
40. 40.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students