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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 3 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  2. 2.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  4. 4.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
  5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, urn, rose, tiger, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UARTN (b) NTRUA (c) AURTN (d) URTNA
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook (d) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Green (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Wise Green Seven (d) Seven Wise Green
  11. 11.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 327853430. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 327 853 43 (b) 327 885 3430 (c) 327 853 430 (d) 327 835 430
  14. 14.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 662596421. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 662 596 41 (b) 662 956 421 (c) 662 596 4221 (d) 662 596 421
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  17. 17.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, doll, rose, ball, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIRBC (b) DRBCI (c) CBRDI (d) IDRBC
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, vase, tiger, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTBR (b) BTVR (c) RVTB (d) VRTB
  27. 27.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 910883930854. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9108 8393 08544 (b) 9108 8393 0854 (c) 9108 8393 054 (d) 9108 3893 0854
  29. 29.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  30. 30.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, apple, guava? (a) Dogs All Green (b) All Green Dogs (c) Green All Dogs (d) All Dogs Green
  35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, van, guava, drum, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBGDT (b) BVGDT (c) VGDTB (d) TDGVB
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 3183019418. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 331 830 19418 (b) 318 301 9418 (c) 313 801 9418 (d) 318 019 418
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, rope, inkpot, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RISF (b) FRIS (c) SIRF (d) RFIS
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, bucket, pencil, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPBR (b) BPWR (c) RBPW (d) BRPW
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5897310929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 587 931 0929 (b) 589 731 929 (c) 588 973 10929 (d) 589 731 0929

Answer key

  1. a rhyme
  2. True
  3. a first-letter sentence
  4. chunking
  5. True
  6. True
  7. AURTN
  8. Eat Crazy Pigs Cook
  9. VIBGYOR
  10. Seven Wise Green
  11. True
  12. a rhyme
  13. 327 853 430
  14. False
  15. 662 596 421
  16. an acronym
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a memory trick
  21. MVEMJSUN
  22. True
  23. IDRBC
  24. an acronym
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. RVTB
  27. False
  28. 9108 8393 0854
  29. a rhyme
  30. True
  31. an acronym
  32. False
  33. chunking
  34. Dogs All Green
  35. an acronym
  36. BVGDT
  37. 318 301 9418
  38. FRIS
  39. RBPW
  40. 589 731 0929

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