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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 283 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, banana, tomato? (a) Bunny Tea Inside (b) Inside Bunny Tea (c) Tea Bunny Inside (d) Bunny Inside Tea
  2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, mango, ball, candle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDBCI (b) MBCID (c) ICBMD (d) DMBCI
  4. 4.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wins Grab (b) Wins Grab Sing (c) Grab Wins Sing (d) Wins Sing Grab
  6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cats Every (b) Every Cats Cats Pigs (c) Every Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Every Pigs Cats
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 646621153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 646 621 153 (b) 664 662 1153 (c) 646 612 153 (d) 646 611 53
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cook Every (c) Every Cook Cook Pink (d) Every Cook Pink Cook
  11. 11.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 701426219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 014 262 19 (b) 701 426 219 (c) 700 142 6219 (d) 710 426 219
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, doll, violin, cat, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVCIJ (b) JDVCI (c) DJVCI (d) ICVDJ
  14. 14.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
  16. 16.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 827991663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 879 916 63 (b) 827 991 6663 (c) 287 991 663 (d) 827 991 663
  19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, kettle, pencil? (a) Pigs Kind Cook (b) Kind Cook Pigs (c) Cook Kind Pigs (d) Kind Pigs Cook
  21. 21.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Every Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Every (c) Cook Play Crazy Every (d) Every Cook Play Crazy
  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 814960583470. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8149 6058 3470 (b) 8149 6058 34770 (c) 1849 6058 3470 (d) 8149 6053 470
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Seven Every Nani (b) Every Seven Wins Nani (c) Nani Every Seven Wins (d) Every Nani Seven Wins
  26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 8154091024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 815 049 1024 (b) 815 540 91024 (c) 854 091 024 (d) 815 409 1024
  30. 30.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 1984204183. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 184 204 183 (b) 198 420 04183 (c) 198 240 4183 (d) 198 420 4183
  32. 32.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, onion, lemon, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLWC (b) OCLW (c) COLW (d) WLOC
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 867839797. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 868 739 797 (b) 886 783 9797 (c) 867 839 797 (d) 867 839 77
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 291928086843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2192 8086 843 (b) 2919 9280 86843 (c) 2919 2808 8643 (d) 2919 2808 6843
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 205799804219. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2057 9984 0219 (b) 2057 9998 04219 (c) 2057 9980 4219 (d) 2057 9804 219
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 5666630161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 566 630 161 (b) 566 663 00161 (c) 566 636 0161 (d) 566 663 0161
  39. 39.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Every (b) Lions Play Aunty Every (c) Lions Every Play Aunty (d) Every Lions Play Aunty

Answer key

  1. Inside Bunny Tea
  2. a memory trick
  3. DMBCI
  4. True
  5. Sing Wins Grab
  6. chunking
  7. Every Cats Pigs Cats
  8. chunking
  9. 646 621 153
  10. Every Cook Pink Cook
  11. False
  12. 701 426 219
  13. JDVCI
  14. False
  15. SWG
  16. False
  17. VIBGYOR
  18. 827 991 663
  19. False
  20. Cook Kind Pigs
  21. True
  22. Every Cook Play Crazy
  23. a rhyme
  24. 8149 6058 3470
  25. Nani Every Seven Wins
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. 815 409 1024
  30. False
  31. 198 420 4183
  32. True
  33. COLW
  34. ELPA
  35. 867 839 797
  36. 2919 2808 6843
  37. 2057 9980 4219
  38. 566 663 0161
  39. a first-letter sentence
  40. Every Lions Play Aunty

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