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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 364 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 5170791106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 517 079 11066 (b) 517 079 116 (c) 517 079 1106 (d) 157 079 1106
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, tent, parrot? (a) Toys Sing Play (b) Play Toys Sing (c) Sing Toys Play (d) Toys Play Sing
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 366034571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 033 4571 (b) 366 034 71 (c) 366 034 571 (d) 360 634 571
  7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 463625806317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4632 6580 6317 (b) 4636 2580 63317 (c) 4362 5806 317 (d) 4636 2580 6317
  9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 896803789916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8698 0378 9916 (b) 8968 0379 916 (c) 8968 0378 9916 (d) 8968 0037 89916
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 760529749629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7605 2979 629 (b) 7605 5297 49629 (c) 7605 2974 9692 (d) 7605 2974 9629
  15. 15.🧰 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
  16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, coconut, radio? (a) Red Cook Ink (b) Cook Ink Red (c) Ink Cook Red (d) Cook Red Ink
  18. 18.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, mirror, vase, umbrella, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPVUW (b) PMVUW (c) WUVMP (d) MVUWP
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 491704241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 497 104 241 (b) 491 700 4241 (c) 497 042 41 (d) 491 704 241
  23. 23.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 100097552. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 097 552 (b) 100 099 7552 (c) 100 975 52 (d) 010 097 552
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 529448619809. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5294 4861 9809 (b) 5294 4861 8909 (c) 5294 4861 19809 (d) 5944 8619 809
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 117708904. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 117 708 9904 (b) 117 709 804 (c) 117 708 904 (d) 117 709 04
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Love Funny (b) Funny Love Seven Runs (c) Runs Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Love Funny Runs
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  29. 29.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 123140901869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2131 4090 1869 (b) 1231 4090 18869 (c) 1231 4090 1869 (d) 1231 4091 869
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play Ants (b) Ants Play Lions Every (c) Lions Play Ants Every (d) Every Lions Play Ants
  32. 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (b) Sing Lions Frogs Rani (c) Frogs Lions Sing Rani (d) Rani Sing Lions Frogs
  34. 34.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, guava, igloo, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVIW (b) WIGV (c) GIWV (d) VGIW
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 7290283875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 720 283 875 (b) 729 028 3875 (c) 729 002 83875 (d) 729 023 8875
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  38. 38.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  40. 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. chunking
  2. False
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. 517 079 1106
  5. Sing Toys Play
  6. 366 034 571
  7. a first-letter sentence
  8. 4636 2580 6317
  9. an acronym
  10. 8968 0378 9916
  11. a rhyme
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. a memory trick
  14. 7605 2974 9629
  15. a first-letter sentence
  16. a first-letter sentence
  17. Ink Cook Red
  18. True
  19. a rhyme
  20. a rhyme
  21. PMVUW
  22. 491 704 241
  23. True
  24. 100 097 552
  25. 5294 4861 9809
  26. 117 708 904
  27. Runs Seven Love Funny
  28. chunking
  29. True
  30. 1231 4090 1869
  31. Every Lions Play Ants
  32. False
  33. Rani Sing Lions Frogs
  34. True
  35. VGIW
  36. 729 028 3875
  37. NESW
  38. False
  39. an acronym
  40. True

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