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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 145 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, kite, doll, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRDG (b) GDKR (c) KDGR (d) RKDG
  2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  6. 6.🔤 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
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, watch, pencil, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPWC (b) WCPV (c) CWPV (d) WPVC
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, shoe, wallet, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWKD (b) KWSD (c) SDWK (d) DSWK
  10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) green (d) indigo
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
  12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, owl, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMAC (b) OACM (c) CAOM (d) MOAC
  14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, onion, bucket, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMBD (b) MOBD (c) DBOM (d) OBDM
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, jalebi, vase, pencil, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJVPA (b) JWVPA (c) APVJW (d) JVPAW
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, glass, jalebi, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWJS (b) SJGW (c) WGJS (d) GJSW
  18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, sock, flute, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFSD (b) DSFO (c) SDFO (d) SFOD
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, inkpot, spoon, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDSG (b) GSID (c) ISGD (d) DISG
  24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jug, monkey, fan, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDMFC (b) DJMFC (c) CFMJD (d) JMFCD
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, tent, pencil, cat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPCFS (b) FCPTS (c) STPCF (d) TSPCF
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
  29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  31. 31.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, kite, goat, flute, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFGKR (b) KGFSR (c) KRGFS (d) RKGFS
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, flute, shoe, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASFV (b) FSAV (c) FVSA (d) VFSA
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Mars
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, net, bucket, tomato, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATBNP (b) NPBTA (c) NBTAP (d) PNBTA

Answer key

  1. RKDG
  2. Earth
  3. AANSAEA
  4. JFMA
  5. white
  6. NESW
  7. egg
  8. CWPV
  9. DSWK
  10. violet
  11. Saturn
  12. a list in a fixed order
  13. MOAC
  14. one word holds a list
  15. MOBD
  16. WJVPA
  17. WGJS
  18. Indian
  19. saffron
  20. SWG
  21. DSFO
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. DISG
  24. larva
  25. DJMFC
  26. indigo
  27. STPCF
  28. ECPC
  29. what each letter means
  30. PAISA
  31. first letters as a word
  32. blue
  33. Arctic
  34. VIBGYOR
  35. adult
  36. pupa
  37. RKGFS
  38. VFSA
  39. Mars
  40. PNBTA

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