Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 286 · 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: duck, needle, glass, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGND (b) NDGJ (c) NGJD (d) DNGJ
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 first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Every (b) All Pink Love Every (c) Love Every Pink All (d) Every Love Pink All
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 830580928775. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8305 8092 8775 (b) 8308 5092 8775 (c) 8830 5809 28775 (d) 8305 8098 775
6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 282795407. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 282 795 40 (b) 228 279 5407 (c) 282 795 407 (d) 287 295 407
8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, apple, radio, goat, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARGFC (b) CARGF (c) ACRGF (d) FGRAC
10. 10.🧰 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
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, van, lamp? (a) Lions Vans Ink (b) Vans Ink Lions (c) Vans Lions Ink (d) Ink Vans Lions
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 879411392366. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8791 4139 2366 (b) 8794 1139 236 (c) 8794 1139 2366 (d) 8794 1139 23666
13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 166027552419. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1660 2755 2491 (b) 1660 2755 24419 (c) 1660 2755 419 (d) 1660 2755 2419
15. 15.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Love Funny (b) Seven Love Funny Red (c) Seven Red Love Funny (d) Funny Love Seven Red
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2108436356. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 843 63556 (b) 210 843 6356 (c) 210 843 635 (d) 210 834 6356
20. 20.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 800640907759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8064 0907 759 (b) 8006 4090 77599 (c) 8006 4009 7759 (d) 8006 4090 7759
22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 990171146835. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9901 7114 6853 (b) 9017 1146 835 (c) 9901 1711 46835 (d) 9901 7114 6835
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3611418388. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 141 388 (b) 361 114 18388 (c) 361 141 8388 (d) 361 148 1388
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4619446974. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 944 6974 (b) 466 194 46974 (c) 641 944 6974 (d) 419 446 974
34. 34.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
36. 36.✏️ 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 Seven Green (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
37. 37.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 8404181607. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 481 1607 (b) 840 418 1607 (c) 404 181 607 (d) 840 411 81607

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