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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 107 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
  2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  4. 4.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, rose, flute, van, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFVPS (b) RSFVP (c) SRFVP (d) PVFRS
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, nest, guava, mango, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFGML (b) LMGNF (c) NGMLF (d) FNGML
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, candle, owl, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOCG (b) COLG (c) CGOL (d) GCOL
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) North America
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) violet (d) red
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, radio, fan, sock, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSFRB (b) RBFSM (c) BRFSM (d) RFSMB
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, onion, ball, watch, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCBWS (b) SWBOC (c) OBWSC (d) COBWS
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, tiger, frog, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRFK (b) RTFK (c) TFKR (d) KFTR
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, rope, watch, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWGC (b) RCWG (c) CRWG (d) GWRC
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, pillow, inkpot, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNIW (b) PIWN (c) WIPN (d) NPIW
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) North America (d) Australia
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, kite, watch, candle, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCWKT (b) KTWCO (c) KWCOT (d) TKWCO
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, goat, ladder, igloo, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGLIM (b) MILGP (c) GPLIM (d) GLIMP
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, umbrella, lemon, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULFC (b) UCLF (c) CULF (d) FLUC
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, tomato, bucket, igloo, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTBIN (b) NIBTK (c) TKBIN (d) TBINK
  36. 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Uranus

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. root
  3. April
  4. one word holds a list
  5. SRFVP
  6. collection
  7. blue
  8. FNGML
  9. GCOL
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. Antarctica
  12. Mercury
  13. Pacific
  14. PAISA
  15. orange
  16. Neptune
  17. egg
  18. MVEMJSUN
  19. BRFSM
  20. COBWS
  21. RTFK
  22. JFMA
  23. red
  24. CRWG
  25. ECPC
  26. NPIW
  27. flower
  28. pupa
  29. Africa
  30. TKWCO
  31. saffron
  32. VIBGYOR
  33. PGLIM
  34. CULF
  35. KTBIN
  36. what each letter means
  37. stem
  38. Atlantic
  39. ELPA
  40. Venus

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