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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 35 · 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: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  5. 5.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 227156631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 156 631 (b) 227 715 6631 (c) 221 756 631 (d) 271 566 31
  7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) chunking
  8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
  10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, van, kite, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDKJ (b) JKVD (c) DVKJ (d) VKJD
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7979135126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 797 913 5126 (b) 797 913 55126 (c) 799 713 5126 (d) 799 135 126
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 915798055151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9159 8055 151 (b) 9157 7980 55151 (c) 1957 9805 5151 (d) 9157 9805 5151
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 802370417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 370 47 (b) 880 237 0417 (c) 802 370 417 (d) 820 370 417
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Silly (b) Grab Wise Silly (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Silly Wise Grab
  19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 771116995245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7711 1699 5425 (b) 7111 6995 245 (c) 7711 1669 95245 (d) 7711 1699 5245
  21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 612060260514. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6120 0602 60514 (b) 6120 6026 0514 (c) 6120 6026 014 (d) 6120 6026 0541
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, candle, anchor? (a) Ants Cats Tea (b) Cats Ants Tea (c) Tea Cats Ants (d) Cats Tea Ants
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 1604021102. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 402 1102 (b) 104 021 102 (c) 160 402 11102 (d) 160 402 1102
  26. 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, sock, kite? (a) Uncle Seven Kind (b) Kind Seven Uncle (c) Seven Uncle Kind (d) Seven Kind Uncle
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 949844484. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 998 444 84 (b) 994 984 4484 (c) 949 844 484 (d) 499 844 484
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 493573200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 493 573 200 (b) 449 357 3200 (c) 493 732 00 (d) 493 537 200
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3992520242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 399 250 2242 (b) 392 520 242 (c) 399 252 0242 (d) 399 252 02242
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, banana, mango? (a) Funny Big Mum (b) Big Funny Mum (c) Big Mum Funny (d) Mum Big Funny
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 340030248. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 300 302 48 (b) 304 030 248 (c) 340 030 248 (d) 344 003 0248
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, cat, inkpot, needle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTINU (b) CINUT (c) UNICT (d) TCINU
  37. 37.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 132398523597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1323 9852 357 (b) 1323 3985 23597 (c) 1323 9852 3597 (d) 1323 9852 3957
  39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Sing Wins Green

Answer key

  1. a first-letter sentence
  2. True
  3. a first-letter sentence
  4. a first-letter sentence
  5. a rhyme
  6. 227 156 631
  7. a first-letter sentence
  8. True
  9. RSLF
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. DVKJ
  14. 797 913 5126
  15. 9157 9805 5151
  16. an acronym
  17. 802 370 417
  18. Silly Wise Grab
  19. True
  20. 7711 1699 5245
  21. True
  22. 6120 6026 0514
  23. Tea Cats Ants
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. 160 402 1102
  26. False
  27. True
  28. a memory trick
  29. VIBGYOR
  30. Uncle Seven Kind
  31. 949 844 484
  32. 493 573 200
  33. 399 252 0242
  34. Funny Big Mum
  35. 340 030 248
  36. TCINU
  37. True
  38. 1323 9852 3597
  39. chunking
  40. Sing Wins Green

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