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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 105 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (One word, whole list): Write the list in order, take the first letter of each item and join them: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red → VIBGYOR. Check the order: MVEMJSUN (the planets from the Sun) is right; VMEMJSUN mixes up the first two. Learn what each letter means: in SWG (the Indian flag, top to bottom), letter 3, G, stands for green.

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  1. 1.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, pillow, flute, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFIG (b) GPFI (c) PGFI (d) IFPG
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  4. 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  6. 6.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, drum, owl, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVOU (b) VDOU (c) DOUV (d) UODV
  9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, doll, jeep, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJDL (b) DJCL (c) DLJC (d) LDJC
  11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, bucket, apple, rose, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNARO (b) ORABN (c) BARON (d) NBARO
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, tiger, nest, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSNM (b) TNMS (c) MNTS (d) STNM
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, candle, radio, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRCT (b) TCRL (c) CTRL (d) CRLT
  20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, tomato, jug, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUJB (b) BJTU (c) UTJB (d) TJBU
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jeep, parrot, owl, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFPOK (b) JPOKF (c) FJPOK (d) KOPJF
  31. 31.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, owl, kite, anchor, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOKAI (b) IAKOM (c) OKAIM (d) OMKAI
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, tomato, coconut, needle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCNBO (b) BNCTO (c) OTCNB (d) TOCNB
  35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tomato, radio, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRTI (b) TIRK (c) ITRK (d) TRKI
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jug, sock, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSVF (b) FJSV (c) VSJF (d) JFSV
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March

Answer key

  1. north
  2. GPFI
  3. saffron
  4. green
  5. PAISA
  6. MVEMJSUN
  7. what each letter means
  8. VDOU
  9. a list in a fixed order
  10. LDJC
  11. first letters as a word
  12. SWG
  13. Venus
  14. ELPA
  15. NBARO
  16. ECPC
  17. STNM
  18. April
  19. TCRL
  20. egg
  21. east
  22. stem
  23. NESW
  24. one word holds a list
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. Pacific
  27. UTJB
  28. condensation
  29. RSLF
  30. FJPOK
  31. the rainbow colours
  32. MOKAI
  33. January
  34. OTCNB
  35. Atlantic
  36. Indian
  37. ITRK
  38. FJSV
  39. Earth
  40. February

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