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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 578 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  2. 2.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  5. 5.🧰 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
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, rope, duck? (a) Rani Tiny Dogs (b) Rani Dogs Tiny (c) Dogs Rani Tiny (d) Tiny Rani Dogs
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 915888288. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 882 88 (b) 951 888 288 (c) 915 888 8288 (d) 915 888 288
  8. 8.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ice cream, cat? (a) Cats Ice My (b) My Ice Cats (c) Ice My Cats (d) Ice Cats My
  12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, watch, ladder? (a) Wet Runs Love (b) Runs Wet Love (c) Wet Love Runs (d) Love Wet Runs
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 5918153549. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 591 815 3549 (b) 591 815 53549 (c) 518 153 549 (d) 591 815 3459
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, ant, doll? (a) Dogs Ants Red (b) Red Ants Dogs (c) Ants Dogs Red (d) Ants Red Dogs
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 932166448282. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9321 6644 82282 (b) 9321 6648 282 (c) 9321 6644 8282 (d) 9321 6648 4282
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, flute, igloo? (a) Frogs Inside Only (b) Frogs Only Inside (c) Only Frogs Inside (d) Inside Frogs Only
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, sock, banana? (a) Seven Red Big (b) Seven Big Red (c) Big Seven Red (d) Red Seven Big
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  21. 21.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  23. 23.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  25. 25.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 277773342. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 773 432 (b) 277 773 3342 (c) 277 773 42 (d) 277 773 342
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pink All (b) All Pink Lazy Eight (c) Lazy Pink All Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pink All
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, key, coconut, owl, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOCKR (b) KCOBR (c) RKCOB (d) KRCOB
  31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
  33. 33.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1053026740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 302 640 (b) 105 302 6704 (c) 105 302 26740 (d) 105 302 6740
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, bucket, kettle? (a) Kind Big Aunty (b) Big Aunty Kind (c) Aunty Big Kind (d) Big Kind Aunty
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 910487707. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 904 877 07 (b) 910 487 7707 (c) 910 478 707 (d) 910 487 707
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 548596569887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5485 9656 9878 (b) 5485 9656 988 (c) 5485 9656 9887 (d) 5485 9656 69887
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 5482544359. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 254 4359 (b) 582 544 359 (c) 548 254 4359 (d) 548 255 44359
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 595261571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 595 261 751 (b) 592 615 71 (c) 595 261 1571 (d) 595 261 571

Answer key

  1. PAISA
  2. True
  3. a rhyme
  4. an acronym
  5. an acronym
  6. Tiny Rani Dogs
  7. 915 888 288
  8. False
  9. True
  10. a first-letter sentence
  11. My Ice Cats
  12. True
  13. Runs Wet Love
  14. 591 815 3549
  15. Red Ants Dogs
  16. 9321 6644 8282
  17. Only Frogs Inside
  18. Red Seven Big
  19. an acronym
  20. AANSAEA
  21. False
  22. a rhyme
  23. a rhyme
  24. chunking
  25. False
  26. 277 773 342
  27. a first-letter sentence
  28. Eight Lazy Pink All
  29. ECPC
  30. RKCOB
  31. an acronym
  32. a memory trick
  33. False
  34. True
  35. 105 302 6740
  36. Aunty Big Kind
  37. 910 487 707
  38. 5485 9656 9887
  39. 548 254 4359
  40. 595 261 571

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