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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 375 · 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.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7762079052. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 776 279 052 (b) 776 270 9052 (c) 776 207 9052 (d) 776 620 79052
  5. 5.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, banana, umpire? (a) Pigs Bakes Under (b) Under Bakes Pigs (c) Bakes Under Pigs (d) Bakes Pigs Under
  7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, ant, kettle, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIKJ (b) AKJI (c) IAKJ (d) JKAI
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eight Sing Wise (b) Eight Sing Wise Nine (c) Wise Sing Eight Nine (d) Eight Nine Sing Wise
  10. 10.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 390698249. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 396 098 249 (b) 390 698 249 (c) 390 698 8249 (d) 396 982 49
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ice cream, flute, doll, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRFDS (b) IFDSR (c) SDFIR (d) RIFDS
  13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Eat Pink Cook (c) Cook Pink Cook Eat (d) Eat Cook Cook Pink
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, parrot, glass, jeep, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPGJA (b) POGJA (c) PGJAO (d) AJGPO
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, drum, umpire, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUOT (b) OUDT (c) DTUO (d) TDUO
  17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 5921622335. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 521 622 335 (b) 592 162 22335 (c) 592 162 2335 (d) 952 162 2335
  20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 809816285730. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8098 1162 85730 (b) 8098 1625 8730 (c) 8098 1628 5730 (d) 8098 1685 730
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 107522101643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1075 2101 643 (b) 1075 5221 01643 (c) 1075 2201 1643 (d) 1075 2210 1643
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, tomato, mirror? (a) Tea Fly My (b) Tea My Fly (c) Fly Tea My (d) My Tea Fly
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, ladder, flute? (a) Lions Frogs Aunty (b) Lions Aunty Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Aunty (d) Aunty Lions Frogs
  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.🔢 You want to remember the number 621840991639. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6218 0499 1639 (b) 6218 4099 1639 (c) 6218 0991 639 (d) 6218 4099 91639
  27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, parrot, jalebi? (a) Jump Pink Tiny (b) Pink Jump Tiny (c) Tiny Pink Jump (d) Pink Tiny Jump
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ant, nest, mirror, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMNAK (b) AKNMD (c) ANMDK (d) KANMD
  32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, goat, jalebi, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCGJW (b) WJGDC (c) CDGJW (d) DGJWC
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 760787705. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 787 075 (b) 760 787 7705 (c) 760 877 05 (d) 760 787 705
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 176002607. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 176 020 607 (b) 177 600 2607 (c) 176 002 607 (d) 176 026 07
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Green Wet Seven (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Seven Wet Green
  38. 38.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 1260412199. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 041 2199 (b) 126 041 21199 (c) 126 041 2199 (d) 126 041 219

Answer key

  1. True
  2. JFMA
  3. chunking
  4. 776 207 9052
  5. False
  6. Pigs Bakes Under
  7. a first-letter sentence
  8. IAKJ
  9. Nine Eight Sing Wise
  10. False
  11. 390 698 249
  12. RIFDS
  13. chunking
  14. Eat Cook Pink Cook
  15. OPGJA
  16. TDUO
  17. a rhyme
  18. ECPC
  19. 592 162 2335
  20. an acronym
  21. 8098 1628 5730
  22. 1075 2210 1643
  23. Fly Tea My
  24. Aunty Lions Frogs
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. 6218 4099 1639
  27. True
  28. a memory trick
  29. PAISA
  30. Tiny Pink Jump
  31. KANMD
  32. an acronym
  33. CDGJW
  34. 760 787 705
  35. ELPA
  36. 176 002 607
  37. Seven Wet Green
  38. True
  39. False
  40. 126 041 2199

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