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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 166 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, guava, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGOC (b) GOCU (c) COGU (d) GUOC
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Europe
  5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Asia
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, nest, violin, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVAI (b) NIVA (c) INVA (d) AVNI
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  9. 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ladder, fan, goat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGFLW (b) LFGDW (c) WLFGD (d) LWFGD
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) indigo
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, jeep, shoe, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKSO (b) OSJK (c) JSOK (d) KJSO
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) orange
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Europe
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, kettle, jug, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJKV (b) VKJU (c) KVJU (d) KJUV
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, ant, ball, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABMV (b) MBAV (c) VABM (d) AVBM
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, drum, pencil, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPDR (b) DPCR (c) RDPC (d) DRPC
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, net, pillow, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBPL (b) NPLB (c) BNPL (d) LPNB
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, coconut, shoe, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CASO (b) CSOA (c) ACSO (d) OSCA
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, nest, goat, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGNJ (b) JNGP (c) NGPJ (d) NJGP
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  36. 36.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, watch, drum, van, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDVTK (b) KWDVT (c) WKDVT (d) TVDWK
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, umbrella, ball, mango, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMBUW (b) WUBMO (c) UWBMO (d) UBMOW

Answer key

  1. ECPC
  2. UGOC
  3. what each letter means
  4. Europe
  5. Asia
  6. SWG
  7. INVA
  8. VIBGYOR
  9. green
  10. April
  11. JFMA
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. Atlantic
  14. WLFGD
  15. indigo
  16. KJSO
  17. first letters as a word
  18. adult
  19. ELPA
  20. one word holds a list
  21. violet
  22. leaf
  23. South America
  24. PAISA
  25. yellow
  26. VKJU
  27. VABM
  28. RDPC
  29. BNPL
  30. NESW
  31. Jupiter
  32. ACSO
  33. JNGP
  34. MVEMJSUN
  35. larva
  36. a list in a fixed order
  37. evaporation
  38. KWDVT
  39. Saturn
  40. WUBMO

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