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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 103 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔢 You want to remember the number 2486331014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 248 633 1014 (b) 248 633 31014 (c) 248 631 014 (d) 284 633 1014
  2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧰 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
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  5. 5.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, whistle, lamp, parrot, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBLPV (b) VPLWB (c) BWLPV (d) WLPVB
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tomato, rose, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRBC (b) CTRB (c) TCRB (d) BRTC
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, banana, anchor? (a) Ants Bunny Up (b) Bunny Ants Up (c) Bunny Up Ants (d) Up Bunny Ants
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wins Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wins (c) Every Neat Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Every Neat
  11. 11.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
  14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Silly (b) Wins Silly Grab (c) Wins Grab Silly (d) Silly Wins Grab
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 989908691651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9889 9086 91651 (b) 9899 0869 161 (c) 9899 0869 1651 (d) 9899 0869 6151
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jalebi, van? (a) Jolly Cats Vans (b) Vans Jolly Cats (c) Jolly Vans Cats (d) Cats Jolly Vans
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  22. 22.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wet (b) Neat Eat Sing Wet (c) Eat Sing Wet Neat (d) Wet Sing Eat Neat
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 448872990. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 729 90 (b) 448 782 990 (c) 448 872 990 (d) 444 887 2990
  26. 26.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 8472813817. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 844 728 13817 (b) 847 281 3817 (c) 472 813 817 (d) 847 821 3817
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mice All (b) All Mice Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mice All Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mice All
  29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 979162108. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 979 162 180 (b) 971 621 08 (c) 979 162 1088 (d) 979 162 108
  31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, umpire, banana, frog, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBFDR (b) URBFD (c) DFBUR (d) RUBFD
  33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 322922157. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 322 922 157 (b) 322 922 1557 (c) 322 921 57 (d) 322 292 157
  35. 35.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 489268482. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 489 268 482 (b) 489 268 842 (c) 482 684 82 (d) 488 926 8482
  37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  38. 38.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, tomato, guava? (a) Tea Green Inside (b) Green Tea Inside (c) Tea Inside Green (d) Inside Tea Green

Answer key

  1. 248 633 1014
  2. True
  3. chunking
  4. chunking
  5. a memory trick
  6. BWLPV
  7. CTRB
  8. a rhyme
  9. Up Bunny Ants
  10. Neat Every Sing Wins
  11. False
  12. True
  13. a first-letter sentence
  14. an acronym
  15. False
  16. Silly Wins Grab
  17. 9899 0869 1651
  18. an acronym
  19. False
  20. Cats Jolly Vans
  21. chunking
  22. False
  23. Neat Eat Sing Wet
  24. an acronym
  25. 448 872 990
  26. True
  27. 847 281 3817
  28. Jeeps Fly Mice All
  29. a rhyme
  30. 979 162 108
  31. False
  32. RUBFD
  33. False
  34. 322 922 157
  35. True
  36. 489 268 482
  37. chunking
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Inside Tea Green

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