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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 74 · 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: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Seven Runs (b) Runs Seven Lions Funny (c) Seven Runs Lions Funny (d) Seven Lions Funny Runs
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 627241891393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6272 4189 1393 (b) 6227 2418 91393 (c) 6724 1891 393 (d) 6272 4189 3193
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 9266600368. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 926 660 03688 (b) 926 660 0368 (c) 926 660 3068 (d) 926 600 368
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, orange, net? (a) Nine Old Pink (b) Old Nine Pink (c) Old Pink Nine (d) Pink Old Nine
  8. 8.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 406096621. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 609 6621 (b) 406 096 621 (c) 460 096 621 (d) 060 966 21
  10. 10.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 813686045641. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8136 8645 641 (b) 8136 8660 45641 (c) 8136 8604 5641 (d) 8136 8604 5461
  12. 12.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧰 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
  15. 15.🧰 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
  16. 16.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Cats Every Pink Crazy (c) Every Cats Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cats Every
  18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 6160511059. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 616 051 1059 (b) 616 051 11059 (c) 616 051 1509 (d) 616 051 059
  22. 22.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  25. 25.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 668943652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 668 944 3652 (b) 668 943 625 (c) 668 943 652 (d) 668 946 52
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 1901089699. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 190 108 9699 (b) 190 108 96999 (c) 190 089 699 (d) 190 108 9969
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, ice cream, banana, candle, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMBCK (b) IBCKM (c) KCBIM (d) MIBCK
  31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 1033395568. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 103 339 5568 (b) 103 333 95568 (c) 130 339 5568 (d) 103 395 568
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 257114531. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 257 115 431 (b) 271 145 31 (c) 255 711 4531 (d) 257 114 531
  34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  35. 35.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lamp, whistle? (a) Wins Lions Dad (b) Lions Dad Wins (c) Dad Lions Wins (d) Lions Wins Dad
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Love Play Aunty (b) Love Play Aunty Eat (c) Aunty Play Love Eat (d) Love Eat Play Aunty
  40. 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. a first-letter sentence
  4. Runs Seven Lions Funny
  5. 6272 4189 1393
  6. 926 660 0368
  7. Pink Old Nine
  8. True
  9. 406 096 621
  10. False
  11. 8136 8604 5641
  12. False
  13. False
  14. chunking
  15. an acronym
  16. True
  17. Every Cats Pink Crazy
  18. an acronym
  19. a rhyme
  20. chunking
  21. 616 051 1059
  22. a memory trick
  23. MVEMJSUN
  24. a first-letter sentence
  25. False
  26. 668 943 652
  27. a first-letter sentence
  28. a rhyme
  29. 190 108 9699
  30. MIBCK
  31. True
  32. 103 339 5568
  33. 257 114 531
  34. an acronym
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Dad Lions Wins
  39. Eat Love Play Aunty
  40. chunking

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