Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 296 · 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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
3. 3.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, kettle, apple, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAKN (b) KAON (c) KNAO (d) NKAO
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 5397278192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 539 727 81992 (b) 539 727 892 (c) 359 727 8192 (d) 539 727 8192
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink All (b) Love Pink All Every (c) All Pink Love Every (d) Every Love Pink All
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 763439262179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7663 4392 62179 (b) 7634 3962 2179 (c) 7634 3926 2179 (d) 7634 3922 179
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, shoe, rose, mirror, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STRMD (b) SRMDT (c) TSRMD (d) DMRST
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Lazy Eat Pigs Aunty
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 554469066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 554 460 966 (b) 554 690 66 (c) 554 446 9066 (d) 554 469 066
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, apple, monkey? (a) Mum Ants Neat (b) Neat Ants Mum (c) Ants Neat Mum (d) Ants Mum Neat
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, van, lamp? (a) Vines Ice Lazy (b) Lazy Vines Ice (c) Ice Vines Lazy (d) Vines Lazy Ice
17. 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, mango, vase, owl, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBVOJ (b) JOVMB (c) MVOJB (d) BMVOJ
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 621445486. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 612 445 486 (b) 621 445 486 (c) 621 445 86 (d) 621 445 4486
20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 922299879. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 298 79 (b) 922 299 879 (c) 992 229 9879 (d) 292 299 879
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, jalebi, drum? (a) Dad Jump Mice (b) Jump Dad Mice (c) Jump Mice Dad (d) Mice Jump Dad
23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 663471280179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6634 7128 019 (b) 6634 7128 0719 (c) 6634 7128 0179 (d) 6633 4712 80179
25. 25.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
27. 27.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
28. 28.🧰 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
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Silly Wise (b) Eight Neat Silly Wise (c) Eight Silly Wise Neat (d) Wise Silly Eight Neat
31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
33. 33.🧰 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
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Seven (b) Seven Wins Goats (c) Wins Seven Goats (d) Wins Goats Seven
36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 648632131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 664 863 2131 (b) 686 321 31 (c) 648 632 131 (d) 468 632 131
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG

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