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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 963 · 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: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, monkey, candle, apple, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FACMO (b) OMCAF (c) MOCAF (d) MCAFO
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 103708863. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 107 088 63 (b) 110 370 8863 (c) 013 708 863 (d) 103 708 863
  6. 6.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 250480526. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 250 480 56 (b) 250 480 526 (c) 250 480 5226 (d) 250 408 526
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 558483675. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 558 848 3675 (b) 554 883 675 (c) 558 486 75 (d) 558 483 675
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 374870310. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 374 703 10 (b) 374 780 310 (c) 374 870 3100 (d) 374 870 310
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 772312168410. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7721 3216 8410 (b) 7723 3121 68410 (c) 7723 1216 8410 (d) 7731 2168 410
  15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  18. 18.🧰 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
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 823062276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 823 062 276 (b) 823 066 2276 (c) 823 062 267 (d) 830 622 76
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 600923527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 609 023 527 (b) 600 923 527 (c) 600 923 57 (d) 660 092 3527
  21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play Aunty (b) Every Lions Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Every (d) Aunty Play Lions Every
  24. 24.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
  26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 852803439. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 852 803 349 (b) 852 800 3439 (c) 852 803 439 (d) 852 834 39
  28. 28.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 304510337667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3405 1033 7667 (b) 3045 1033 767 (c) 3045 1033 7667 (d) 3045 1033 77667
  30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jolly Mice Aunty (b) Aunty Mice Frogs Jolly (c) Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty (d) Frogs Mice Aunty Jolly
  34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 387065509. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 387 065 5009 (b) 380 765 509 (c) 387 065 509 (d) 370 655 09
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, banana, violin, fan, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBVFM (b) BVFMT (c) BTVFM (d) MFVBT
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, fan, umpire? (a) All Funny Uncle (b) Funny All Uncle (c) Uncle Funny All (d) Funny Uncle All
  39. 39.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. PAISA
  3. a rhyme
  4. OMCAF
  5. 103 708 863
  6. True
  7. False
  8. chunking
  9. 250 480 526
  10. 558 483 675
  11. NESW
  12. an acronym
  13. 374 870 310
  14. 7723 1216 8410
  15. False
  16. a memory trick
  17. an acronym
  18. a first-letter sentence
  19. 823 062 276
  20. 600 923 527
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Every Lions Play Aunty
  24. True
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. an acronym
  27. 852 803 439
  28. False
  29. 3045 1033 7667
  30. a rhyme
  31. MVEMJSUN
  32. ECPC
  33. Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty
  34. an acronym
  35. 387 065 509
  36. SWG
  37. TBVFM
  38. All Funny Uncle
  39. True
  40. False

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