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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 434 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 1367945963. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 136 794 5963 (b) 136 794 59633 (c) 136 794 9563 (d) 136 794 593
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 190892600135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1909 8260 0135 (b) 1908 9260 015 (c) 1908 9926 00135 (d) 1908 9260 0135
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 241953218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 241 995 3218 (b) 219 532 18 (c) 241 952 318 (d) 241 953 218
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  9. 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 9836145718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 983 614 57118 (b) 983 614 718 (c) 983 641 5718 (d) 983 614 5718
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wet (c) Every Neat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Neat
  13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
  15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, drum, rope? (a) Big Dogs Rani (b) Rani Dogs Big (c) Dogs Big Rani (d) Dogs Rani Big
  18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mice Funny Jolly (b) Funny Mice Ants Jolly (c) Jolly Funny Mice Ants (d) Funny Jolly Mice Ants
  21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 384845521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 384 845 52 (b) 384 845 521 (c) 384 845 5211 (d) 384 845 512
  23. 23.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 275332615. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 332 615 (b) 275 333 2615 (c) 275 323 615 (d) 275 326 15
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, parrot, spoon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSFG (b) GPSF (c) FSPG (d) PGSF
  26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Green Wet Seven (d) Wet Green Seven
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, candle, van? (a) Cook Toys Very (b) Very Cook Toys (c) Cook Very Toys (d) Toys Cook Very
  31. 31.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, drum, cat? (a) Dogs Seven Cats (b) Cats Dogs Seven (c) Dogs Cats Seven (d) Seven Dogs Cats
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Eight (b) Lions Pigs Aunty Eight (c) Eight Lions Pigs Aunty (d) Lions Eight Pigs Aunty
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 392431639. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 394 231 639 (b) 392 416 39 (c) 392 431 639 (d) 399 243 1639
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4080114931. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 801 14931 (b) 408 011 9431 (c) 408 011 4931 (d) 408 114 931
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 188424830. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 184 248 30 (b) 188 424 8330 (c) 818 424 830 (d) 188 424 830
  38. 38.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, goat, inkpot? (a) Grab Inside Play (b) Grab Play Inside (c) Inside Grab Play (d) Play Grab Inside
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

Answer key

  1. 136 794 5963
  2. False
  3. 1908 9260 0135
  4. a first-letter sentence
  5. a rhyme
  6. True
  7. 241 953 218
  8. an acronym
  9. False
  10. True
  11. 983 614 5718
  12. Neat Every Sing Wet
  13. chunking
  14. a memory trick
  15. an acronym
  16. an acronym
  17. Big Dogs Rani
  18. a first-letter sentence
  19. an acronym
  20. Jolly Funny Mice Ants
  21. True
  22. 384 845 521
  23. False
  24. 275 332 615
  25. GPSF
  26. False
  27. a rhyme
  28. Seven Wet Green
  29. ELPA
  30. Toys Cook Very
  31. a first-letter sentence
  32. False
  33. Seven Dogs Cats
  34. Eight Lions Pigs Aunty
  35. 392 431 639
  36. 408 011 4931
  37. 188 424 830
  38. False
  39. Play Grab Inside
  40. a first-letter sentence

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