Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 557 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat
2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (b) Crazy Eight Pink Cats (c) Eight Crazy Pink Cats (d) Cats Pink Crazy Eight
3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 555347447. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 555 344 747 (b) 555 347 447 (c) 555 347 4477 (d) 555 347 44
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Goats (b) Sing Wet Goats (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Goats Wet Sing
8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 1519586585. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 151 958 65855 (b) 151 956 8585 (c) 119 586 585 (d) 151 958 6585
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, tomato, onion, frog, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOFDG (b) DFOTG (c) TGOFD (d) GTOFD
17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6700276388. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 027 63888 (b) 670 276 388 (c) 670 027 6838 (d) 670 027 6388
18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, pillow, jalebi? (a) Play Jolly Toys (b) Jolly Play Toys (c) Toys Play Jolly (d) Play Toys Jolly
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 385632828059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3856 3822 8059 (b) 3856 3288 059 (c) 3856 3282 80059 (d) 3856 3282 8059
21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
23. 23.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, umbrella, onion? (a) Ants Under Only (b) Under Ants Only (c) Only Under Ants (d) Under Only Ants
26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, ant, glass? (a) All Grab Wins (b) All Wins Grab (c) Grab All Wins (d) Wins All Grab
27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 619768462429. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1697 6846 2429 (b) 6197 6846 249 (c) 6619 7684 62429 (d) 6197 6846 2429
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, whistle, sock? (a) Wet Seven Toys (b) Seven Wet Toys (c) Toys Wet Seven (d) Wet Toys Seven
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 6500292303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 650 029 2303 (b) 650 029 3203 (c) 665 002 92303 (d) 600 292 303
32. 32.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Eight Nani (b) Eight Seven Wins Nani (c) Eight Nani Seven Wins (d) Nani Eight Seven Wins
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 698264516382. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6982 6451 6382 (b) 6982 6451 16382 (c) 6826 4516 382 (d) 6982 6451 6832
36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 643482205. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 643 428 205 (b) 643 482 25 (c) 644 348 2205 (d) 643 482 205
39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 7970910633. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 910 633 (b) 797 091 0633 (c) 797 090 1633 (d) 797 709 10633

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