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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 352 · 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: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, wallet, pencil? (a) Wins Play Goats (b) Wins Goats Play (c) Play Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Play
  4. 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 3590754558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 359 075 458 (b) 359 075 45558 (c) 359 705 4558 (d) 359 075 4558
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wins (b) Eat Sing Wins Neat (c) Wins Sing Eat Neat (d) Neat Eat Sing Wins
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 1136800060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 680 00600 (b) 113 680 0060 (c) 116 380 0060 (d) 136 800 060
  8. 8.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 462945157. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 462 495 157 (b) 462 451 57 (c) 466 294 5157 (d) 462 945 157
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 3134086210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 313 400 86210 (b) 313 408 6210 (c) 313 408 610 (d) 314 308 6210
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 3801317237. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 380 131 17237 (b) 380 131 7237 (c) 381 031 7237 (d) 380 137 237
  12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, candle, pillow, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPCU (b) CUPI (c) UCPI (d) CPIU
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 481351015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 418 351 015 (b) 481 351 05 (c) 481 351 015 (d) 488 135 1015
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Rani Love Frogs (b) Seven Love Frogs Rani (c) Frogs Love Seven Rani (d) Rani Seven Love Frogs
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, whistle, onion? (a) Wins Pigs Only (b) Wins Only Pigs (c) Pigs Wins Only (d) Only Wins Pigs
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, jalebi, mirror? (a) Sing Jolly Mum (b) Jolly Sing Mum (c) Jolly Mum Sing (d) Mum Jolly Sing
  20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, jeep, flute? (a) Dance Jolly Frogs (b) Frogs Jolly Dance (c) Jolly Frogs Dance (d) Jolly Dance Frogs
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Love Frogs (b) Runs Seven Love Frogs (c) Seven Love Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Love Seven Runs
  24. 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 139719514702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1397 9514 702 (b) 1397 1951 47002 (c) 1397 1954 1702 (d) 1397 1951 4702
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
  29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  30. 30.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 6097278602. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 609 722 78602 (b) 609 727 8620 (c) 609 727 8602 (d) 609 727 860
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 470142696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 470 124 696 (b) 470 142 696 (c) 470 142 6966 (d) 470 142 96
  34. 34.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, kite, pencil, watch, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWPKF (b) FKPWC (c) KFPWC (d) KPWCF
  36. 36.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, rope, candle? (a) Cook Red Ink (b) Red Ink Cook (c) Ink Red Cook (d) Red Cook Ink

Answer key

  1. an acronym
  2. VIBGYOR
  3. Goats Wins Play
  4. False
  5. 359 075 4558
  6. Neat Eat Sing Wins
  7. 113 680 0060
  8. True
  9. 462 945 157
  10. 313 408 6210
  11. 380 131 7237
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. UCPI
  14. 481 351 015
  15. JFMA
  16. Rani Seven Love Frogs
  17. Pigs Wins Only
  18. a rhyme
  19. Sing Jolly Mum
  20. a memory trick
  21. Dance Jolly Frogs
  22. a rhyme
  23. Runs Seven Love Frogs
  24. False
  25. an acronym
  26. False
  27. 1397 1951 4702
  28. AANSAEA
  29. a rhyme
  30. False
  31. True
  32. 609 727 8602
  33. 470 142 696
  34. False
  35. FKPWC
  36. an acronym
  37. False
  38. chunking
  39. chunking
  40. Ink Red Cook

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