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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 631 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, guava, van? (a) Ink Green Very (b) Green Very Ink (c) Very Green Ink (d) Green Ink Very
  2. 2.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, urn, drum? (a) Dad Under Toys (b) Under Toys Dad (c) Under Dad Toys (d) Toys Under Dad
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 385795258. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 357 952 58 (b) 385 795 258 (c) 388 579 5258 (d) 387 595 258
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, anchor, bucket? (a) Bunny Aunty Kind (b) Aunty Bunny Kind (c) Aunty Kind Bunny (d) Kind Aunty Bunny
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Goats Wins Seven (d) Wins Seven Goats
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 664116802864. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6641 1680 2864 (b) 6641 1680 8264 (c) 6641 1168 02864 (d) 6611 6802 864
  15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 771449609. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 771 144 9609 (b) 771 449 609 (c) 774 149 609 (d) 774 496 09
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 2567638579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 256 766 38579 (b) 256 763 8759 (c) 256 763 879 (d) 256 763 8579
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Grab (d) Seven Wise Grab
  19. 19.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, mirror, umpire? (a) My Up Grab (b) Up My Grab (c) Grab My Up (d) My Grab Up
  23. 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 735322416. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 735 324 16 (b) 735 322 416 (c) 735 322 4416 (d) 753 322 416
  25. 25.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 869370232. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 869 372 032 (b) 886 937 0232 (c) 869 370 232 (d) 869 370 23
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wet Neat (b) Neat Eight Seven Wet (c) Eight Neat Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eight Neat
  28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, whistle, jalebi? (a) Jolly Wise Dad (b) Wise Jolly Dad (c) Wise Dad Jolly (d) Dad Wise Jolly
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 531260527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 531 260 5527 (b) 531 260 527 (c) 531 605 27 (d) 532 160 527
  31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
  32. 32.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 8521162566. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 852 116 62566 (b) 851 216 2566 (c) 852 116 566 (d) 852 116 2566
  34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Sing Wise (b) Nine Eat Sing Wise (c) Wise Sing Eat Nine (d) Eat Sing Wise Nine
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, drum, ant, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAOI (b) OADI (c) IDAO (d) DIAO
  38. 38.🧰 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
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 461583118309. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4661 5831 18309 (b) 4615 3118 309 (c) 4165 8311 8309 (d) 4615 8311 8309
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, umpire, vase? (a) Very Uncle Neat (b) Uncle Very Neat (c) Uncle Neat Very (d) Neat Uncle Very

Answer key

  1. Ink Green Very
  2. True
  3. False
  4. a rhyme
  5. a first-letter sentence
  6. Toys Under Dad
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. a rhyme
  9. JFMA
  10. 385 795 258
  11. Kind Aunty Bunny
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. Seven Wins Goats
  14. 6641 1680 2864
  15. chunking
  16. 771 449 609
  17. 256 763 8579
  18. Seven Wise Grab
  19. True
  20. True
  21. chunking
  22. Grab My Up
  23. a first-letter sentence
  24. 735 322 416
  25. True
  26. 869 370 232
  27. Neat Eight Seven Wet
  28. False
  29. Dad Wise Jolly
  30. 531 260 527
  31. a memory trick
  32. True
  33. 852 116 2566
  34. a first-letter sentence
  35. a rhyme
  36. Nine Eat Sing Wise
  37. IDAO
  38. a first-letter sentence
  39. 4615 8311 8309
  40. Neat Uncle Very

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