Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 72 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 153468852111. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1543 6885 2111 (b) 1534 6885 2111 (c) 1534 6885 52111 (d) 1534 6885 211
5. 5.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 3215240005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 312 524 0005 (b) 321 524 0005 (c) 321 524 00005 (d) 321 524 005
9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants (b) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants
10. 10.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Wise Seven Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Seven Wise Grab
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
15. 15.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, guava, watch? (a) Funny Goats Wet (b) Wet Goats Funny (c) Goats Wet Funny (d) Goats Funny Wet
19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, violin, candle? (a) Vines Cats Rani (b) Cats Vines Rani (c) Vines Rani Cats (d) Rani Vines Cats
20. 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Love Funny (b) Seven Rani Love Funny (c) Funny Love Seven Rani (d) Seven Love Funny Rani
23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 442116216766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4421 1621 66766 (b) 4421 1621 676 (c) 4421 1621 6766 (d) 4421 1626 1766
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 922786794892. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9272 8679 4892 (b) 9227 8667 94892 (c) 9227 8694 892 (d) 9227 8679 4892
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (b) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (c) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 4615233538. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 523 353 (b) 465 123 3538 (c) 446 152 33538 (d) 461 523 3538
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, owl, tiger, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTPD (b) ODTP (c) PTOD (d) DOTP
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 471260042295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4712 6004 2295 (b) 4712 6004 22995 (c) 4126 0042 295 (d) 4712 6004 2259
32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wet (b) Eat Sing Wet Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Nani
34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, umbrella, igloo, ladder, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UILGT (b) GLIUT (c) TUILG (d) UTILG
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 777747529. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 777 747 7529 (b) 777 477 529 (c) 777 775 29 (d) 777 747 529
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny My Aunty (b) Aunty My Funny Jump (c) Funny My Aunty Jump (d) Funny Jump My Aunty
40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, coconut, tent? (a) Crazy Tiny Only (b) Only Crazy Tiny (c) Tiny Crazy Only (d) Crazy Only Tiny

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