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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 508 · 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: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, watch, tiger, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWTR (b) WPTR (c) RTWP (d) WTRP
  4. 4.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  7. 7.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play All Every (b) Every Lazy Play All (c) All Play Lazy Every (d) Lazy Every Play All
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, monkey, shoe? (a) Mice Nine Seven (b) Nine Mice Seven (c) Mice Seven Nine (d) Seven Mice Nine
  14. 14.🧰 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
  15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Sing (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Sing
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 535115015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 535 115 01 (b) 531 515 015 (c) 535 115 015 (d) 535 511 5015
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, mango, jalebi, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVJA (b) AJMV (c) VMJA (d) MJAV
  19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2349216272. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 234 291 6272 (b) 234 921 672 (c) 234 921 62772 (d) 234 921 6272
  22. 22.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Rani (b) Sing Rani Lions Funny (c) Rani Sing Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Rani
  24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 721893890. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 772 189 3890 (b) 271 893 890 (c) 728 938 90 (d) 721 893 890
  26. 26.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 224121632. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 121 632 (b) 241 216 32 (c) 221 421 632 (d) 224 121 1632
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, duck, umbrella? (a) Dogs Up Lazy (b) Dogs Lazy Up (c) Lazy Dogs Up (d) Up Dogs Lazy
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 3661321406. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 132 1406 (b) 366 132 14006 (c) 366 132 4106 (d) 361 321 406
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 9107441889. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 744 1889 (b) 907 441 889 (c) 910 744 18889 (d) 910 744 1889
  32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1508614925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 150 866 14925 (b) 150 861 4925 (c) 150 681 4925 (d) 150 614 925
  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.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 227310441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 314 041 (b) 227 310 441 (c) 227 310 4411 (d) 273 104 41

Answer key

  1. False
  2. RSLF
  3. PWTR
  4. a memory trick
  5. an acronym
  6. chunking
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Every Lazy Play All
  11. ELPA
  12. ECPC
  13. Nine Mice Seven
  14. an acronym
  15. True
  16. Sing Wet Grab
  17. 535 115 015
  18. VMJA
  19. chunking
  20. an acronym
  21. 234 921 6272
  22. False
  23. Rani Sing Lions Funny
  24. False
  25. 721 893 890
  26. True
  27. chunking
  28. 224 121 632
  29. Lazy Dogs Up
  30. 366 132 1406
  31. 910 744 1889
  32. False
  33. 150 861 4925
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. 227 310 441

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