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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 62 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  3. 3.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Red (b) Fly Lazy Seven Red (c) Red Seven Lazy Fly (d) Seven Red Lazy Fly
  8. 8.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  10. 10.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 218859766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 218 859 9766 (b) 218 859 66 (c) 218 589 766 (d) 218 859 766
  13. 13.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 8225320973. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 822 532 00973 (b) 282 532 0973 (c) 822 532 097 (d) 822 532 0973
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 1743322469. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 174 332 2496 (b) 174 332 2469 (c) 174 332 22469 (d) 143 322 469
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 731044215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 044 21 (b) 731 104 4215 (c) 731 404 215 (d) 731 044 215
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 2560458798. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 045 8798 (b) 256 604 58798 (c) 256 045 8789 (d) 256 045 898
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 5045936902. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 504 593 690 (b) 504 593 6902 (c) 504 593 69022 (d) 504 593 6092
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 142213840565. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1422 1384 0655 (b) 4221 3840 565 (c) 1422 2138 40565 (d) 1422 1384 0565
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, rose, flute? (a) Bunny Red Funny (b) Funny Red Bunny (c) Red Bunny Funny (d) Red Funny Bunny
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 810539042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 810 533 9042 (b) 810 539 042 (c) 810 539 02 (d) 810 530 942
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 2336440206. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 644 00206 (b) 233 644 0260 (c) 233 644 0206 (d) 233 640 206
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 600377700070. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6003 7770 00070 (b) 6003 7770 000 (c) 6003 7770 0070 (d) 6003 7770 0007
  26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 123050579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 123 305 0579 (b) 123 050 579 (c) 130 505 79 (d) 132 050 579
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Goats (b) Sing Wet Goats (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Goats Wet Sing
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, apple, net, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DANS (b) SNAD (c) ANSD (d) ADNS
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, bucket, duck? (a) Nine Big Dad (b) Big Nine Dad (c) Big Dad Nine (d) Dad Big Nine
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 422471184163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4224 7118 1463 (b) 4224 7118 41663 (c) 4224 7118 416 (d) 4224 7118 4163
  34. 34.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
  37. 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3481708105. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 170 81055 (b) 348 178 105 (c) 348 170 8105 (d) 348 170 8015
  39. 39.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, doll, frog? (a) Dad Cook Fly (b) Dad Fly Cook (c) Fly Dad Cook (d) Cook Dad Fly

Answer key

  1. chunking
  2. NESW
  3. True
  4. a rhyme
  5. JFMA
  6. a first-letter sentence
  7. Red Seven Lazy Fly
  8. True
  9. a first-letter sentence
  10. a memory trick
  11. chunking
  12. 218 859 766
  13. False
  14. a first-letter sentence
  15. 822 532 0973
  16. 174 332 2469
  17. 731 044 215
  18. 256 045 8798
  19. 504 593 6902
  20. 1422 1384 0565
  21. Bunny Red Funny
  22. 810 539 042
  23. 233 644 0206
  24. an acronym
  25. 6003 7770 0070
  26. False
  27. 123 050 579
  28. Sing Wet Goats
  29. DANS
  30. a first-letter sentence
  31. Nine Big Dad
  32. ELPA
  33. 4224 7118 4163
  34. True
  35. MVEMJSUN
  36. SWG
  37. an acronym
  38. 348 170 8105
  39. True
  40. Cook Dad Fly

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