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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 186 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, bucket, ant, ladder, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFALK (b) BALKF (c) KLABF (d) FBALK
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, rope, guava, wallet, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRGWM (b) RCGWM (c) RGWMC (d) MWGRC
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Europe
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, frog, kite, apple, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFKAU (b) FKAUV (c) UAKFV (d) FVKAU
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, apple, parrot, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAPK (b) KPAV (c) AVPK (d) APKV
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, watch, apple, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDAB (b) WABD (c) BAWD (d) DWAB
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  20. 20.🔤 “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
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) North America
  23. 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, glass, ice cream, pillow, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPIGK (b) KGIPO (c) GIPOK (d) GKIPO
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, vase, lamp, shoe, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPLSM (b) PVLSM (c) VLSMP (d) MSLVP
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, mirror, violin, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVGN (b) MNVG (c) GVMN (d) NMVG
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  32. 32.🔤 “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
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, whistle, jug, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWJG (b) WJGA (c) GJWA (d) WAJG
  34. 34.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, ant, duck, igloo, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CADIT (b) ADITC (c) TIDAC (d) ACDIT
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, onion, glass, kettle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKGOF (b) OGKVF (c) FOGKV (d) OFGKV
  39. 39.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, guava, mirror, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCMT (b) TMGC (c) GMTC (d) CGMT

Answer key

  1. SWG
  2. FBALK
  3. CRGWM
  4. Africa
  5. PAISA
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. Arctic
  9. Indian
  10. ECPC
  11. root
  12. white
  13. what each letter means
  14. AANSAEA
  15. NESW
  16. VFKAU
  17. VAPK
  18. DWAB
  19. JFMA
  20. pupa
  21. west
  22. South America
  23. one word holds a list
  24. KGIPO
  25. PVLSM
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. egg
  28. stem
  29. NMVG
  30. Mercury
  31. south
  32. green
  33. AWJG
  34. first letters as a word
  35. precipitation
  36. ELPA
  37. CADIT
  38. FOGKV
  39. the rainbow colours
  40. CGMT

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