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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 491 · 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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 239452281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 452 281 (b) 239 452 28 (c) 239 452 281 (d) 239 452 2881
  3. 3.🧰 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) chunking (d) nothing at all
  4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 913959260060. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9913 9592 60060 (b) 9139 5926 0060 (c) 9195 9260 060 (d) 9139 5296 0060
  7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Green (b) Green Wins Silly (c) Silly Wins Green (d) Wins Green Silly
  9. 9.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, pillow, igloo, monkey, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSIMW (b) WMIPS (c) PIMWS (d) SPIMW
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, guava, pillow? (a) Green Pink Mice (b) Pink Green Mice (c) Mice Green Pink (d) Green Mice Pink
  12. 12.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Sing Eight Nine (b) Eight Nine Sing Wet (c) Nine Eight Sing Wet (d) Eight Sing Wet Nine
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
  16. 16.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1576929080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 157 692 29080 (b) 157 692 9080 (c) 157 629 080 (d) 157 692 9008
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 3543515012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 335 435 15012 (b) 354 351 501 (c) 354 351 5012 (d) 353 451 5012
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, urn, apple? (a) Under Aunty Runs (b) Under Runs Aunty (c) Aunty Under Runs (d) Runs Under Aunty
  21. 21.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, owl, key? (a) Kind Owls Crazy (b) Owls Crazy Kind (c) Owls Kind Crazy (d) Crazy Owls Kind
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, umbrella, mango, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMDN (b) DMUN (c) NUMD (d) UNMD
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 3858662047. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 388 586 62047 (b) 385 662 047 (c) 385 866 2047 (d) 388 566 2047
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 343458109056. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4334 5810 9056 (b) 3434 5810 9056 (c) 4345 8109 056 (d) 3434 5810 99056
  29. 29.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 323152866028. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3231 5268 6028 (b) 3231 5286 60228 (c) 3231 5286 6028 (d) 3231 5866 028
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Pigs Aunty (b) Lions Eight Pigs Aunty (c) Aunty Pigs Lions Eight (d) Lions Pigs Aunty Eight
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 174488257534. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1744 4882 57534 (b) 1744 8825 7534 (c) 1744 8257 534 (d) 1744 8825 5734
  33. 33.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3070338503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 370 338 503 (b) 307 038 3503 (c) 307 033 8503 (d) 307 033 38503
  35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, watch, sock? (a) Sing Wins Love (b) Wins Love Sing (c) Love Wins Sing (d) Wins Sing Love
  38. 38.🧰 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
  39. 39.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Grab (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Sing

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 239 452 281
  3. a first-letter sentence
  4. False
  5. ELPA
  6. 9139 5926 0060
  7. chunking
  8. Silly Wins Green
  9. True
  10. SPIMW
  11. Mice Green Pink
  12. False
  13. a rhyme
  14. Nine Eight Sing Wet
  15. SWG
  16. False
  17. a rhyme
  18. 157 692 9080
  19. 354 351 5012
  20. Runs Under Aunty
  21. False
  22. Crazy Owls Kind
  23. NUMD
  24. an acronym
  25. True
  26. an acronym
  27. 385 866 2047
  28. 3434 5810 9056
  29. False
  30. 3231 5286 6028
  31. Eight Lions Pigs Aunty
  32. 1744 8825 7534
  33. chunking
  34. 307 033 8503
  35. False
  36. a first-letter sentence
  37. Love Wins Sing
  38. chunking
  39. a memory trick
  40. Sing Wise Grab

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