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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 202 · 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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 686120810. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 686 120 0810 (b) 686 120 810 (c) 668 120 810 (d) 686 120 10
  3. 3.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔤 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
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (b) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (c) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (d) Eat Cook Cook Pigs
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 5922116676. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 592 211 666 (b) 592 211 6667 (c) 592 211 16676 (d) 592 211 6676
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, orange, urn? (a) Only Grab Uncle (b) Uncle Only Grab (c) Only Uncle Grab (d) Grab Only Uncle
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 1680371224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 168 073 1224 (b) 168 037 1224 (c) 168 037 124 (d) 168 003 71224
  15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  16. 16.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 9308747294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 930 874 7294 (b) 930 847 7294 (c) 930 874 72944 (d) 930 874 729
  19. 19.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  22. 22.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ladder, nest, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNLR (b) LRNJ (c) RLNJ (d) LNJR
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, key, jug, radio, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRJKA (b) AKJRT (c) KJRTA (d) KAJRT
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 121680651. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 121 680 6511 (b) 116 806 51 (c) 121 680 651 (d) 211 680 651
  27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  28. 28.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, ladder, rose? (a) Lazy Bakes Runs (b) Lazy Runs Bakes (c) Bakes Lazy Runs (d) Runs Lazy Bakes
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 761088238. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 761 088 283 (b) 761 088 238 (c) 761 088 2238 (d) 610 882 38
  31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 871845247. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 871 845 24 (b) 871 844 5247 (c) 871 845 247 (d) 871 845 274
  35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 247242684320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2424 2684 320 (b) 2474 2268 4320 (c) 2472 4268 4320 (d) 2447 2426 84320
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, coconut, igloo? (a) Green Cats Ink (b) Cats Green Ink (c) Ink Cats Green (d) Cats Ink Green
  38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, cat, monkey? (a) Cook Frogs My (b) Frogs Cook My (c) My Cook Frogs (d) Cook My Frogs
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9659450097. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 996 594 50097 (b) 965 950 097 (c) 965 945 0097 (d) 956 945 0097

Answer key

  1. an acronym
  2. 686 120 810
  3. False
  4. chunking
  5. an acronym
  6. chunking
  7. False
  8. ECPC
  9. Eat Cook Pigs Cook
  10. a first-letter sentence
  11. 592 211 6676
  12. Grab Only Uncle
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. 168 037 1224
  15. chunking
  16. False
  17. a rhyme
  18. 930 874 7294
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a first-letter sentence
  22. False
  23. True
  24. RLNJ
  25. AKJRT
  26. 121 680 651
  27. a memory trick
  28. True
  29. Bakes Lazy Runs
  30. 761 088 238
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. 871 845 247
  35. chunking
  36. 2472 4268 4320
  37. Green Cats Ink
  38. True
  39. Frogs Cook My
  40. 965 945 0097

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