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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 516 · 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 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5673880031. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 388 0031 (b) 567 388 0301 (c) 566 738 80031 (d) 567 388 031
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 509760698. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 976 0698 (b) 509 760 698 (c) 507 606 98 (d) 509 670 698
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My All (b) All My Funny Jolly (c) Jolly Funny My All (d) Funny My All Jolly
  6. 6.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 760269104. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 269 104 (b) 760 269 014 (c) 766 026 9104 (d) 702 691 04
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, pillow, kite? (a) Pink Bunny Kids (b) Pink Kids Bunny (c) Bunny Pink Kids (d) Kids Pink Bunny
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  10. 10.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 374366302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 374 363 602 (b) 374 366 6302 (c) 374 366 302 (d) 373 663 02
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lazy Seven Runs (b) Seven Lazy Frogs Runs (c) Runs Seven Lazy Frogs (d) Seven Runs Lazy Frogs
  13. 13.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
  14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eat Pigs All (b) Eat Lazy Pigs All (c) Lazy Pigs All Eat (d) All Pigs Lazy Eat
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, pencil, orange? (a) Pigs Owls Up (b) Pigs Up Owls (c) Up Pigs Owls (d) Owls Pigs Up
  18. 18.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 151655837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 156 558 37 (b) 151 655 837 (c) 151 665 5837 (d) 151 565 837
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, whistle, kite? (a) Kind Wins Inside (b) Wins Kind Inside (c) Inside Wins Kind (d) Wins Inside Kind
  21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  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 170870000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 170 870 00 (b) 170 870 0000 (c) 170 807 000 (d) 170 870 000
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  26. 26.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Cats (b) Cook Play Cats Eat (c) Cats Play Cook Eat (d) Cook Eat Play Cats
  30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 751401072. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 410 072 (b) 775 140 1072 (c) 514 010 72 (d) 751 401 072
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Seven (b) Wins Seven Grab (c) Seven Wins Grab (d) Grab Wins Seven
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 120293124914. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1202 3124 914 (b) 1202 9312 49144 (c) 1202 9312 4914 (d) 1202 9132 4914
  34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
  36. 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧰 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
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, candle, radio? (a) Red Crazy Lazy (b) Crazy Red Lazy (c) Lazy Crazy Red (d) Crazy Lazy Red
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8185547506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 818 554 5706 (b) 818 554 7506 (c) 818 557 506 (d) 818 554 47506
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, umpire, drum, bucket, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDBOG (b) OBDUG (c) UGDBO (d) GUDBO

Answer key

  1. False
  2. an acronym
  3. 567 388 0031
  4. 509 760 698
  5. Jolly Funny My All
  6. True
  7. 760 269 104
  8. Bunny Pink Kids
  9. chunking
  10. False
  11. 374 366 302
  12. Runs Seven Lazy Frogs
  13. a first-letter sentence
  14. a first-letter sentence
  15. AANSAEA
  16. Eat Lazy Pigs All
  17. Up Pigs Owls
  18. a rhyme
  19. 151 655 837
  20. Inside Wins Kind
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. 170 870 000
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. True
  27. JFMA
  28. True
  29. Eat Cook Play Cats
  30. True
  31. 751 401 072
  32. Seven Wins Grab
  33. 1202 9312 4914
  34. a first-letter sentence
  35. SWG
  36. True
  37. an acronym
  38. Lazy Crazy Red
  39. 818 554 7506
  40. GUDBO

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