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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 226 · 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) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
  2. 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  7. 7.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, orange, umpire, doll, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUDSI (b) IOUDS (c) SDUOI (d) OIUDS
  9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) red
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, frog, bucket, radio, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGBRD (b) FBRDG (c) DRBFG (d) GFBRD
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, owl, parrot, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUPG (b) OPGU (c) GPOU (d) UOPG
  14. 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ice cream, watch, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWRA (b) IAWR (c) RWIA (d) AIWR
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, onion, ice cream, ant, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIASL (b) SAIOL (c) OLIAS (d) LOIAS
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, umbrella, anchor, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAUF (b) FUAC (c) UFAC (d) UACF
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, needle, ladder, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNLU (b) NLUC (c) NCLU (d) ULNC
  24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, duck, urn, ball, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAUBS (b) DUBSA (c) ADUBS (d) SBUDA
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, banana, watch, candle, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCWBT (b) TBWCN (c) BTWCN (d) BWCNT
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  31. 31.🔤 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
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Venus
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, owl, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOBD (b) DKOB (c) KDOB (d) BOKD
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, kite, owl, inkpot, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOIPG (b) KGOIP (c) GKOIP (d) PIOKG
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, cat, igloo, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BICO (b) OCIB (c) COIB (d) CIBO
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, banana, orange, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUOW (b) UBOW (c) BOWU (d) WOBU
  39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation

Answer key

  1. SWG
  2. March
  3. one word holds a list
  4. the rainbow colours
  5. first letters as a word
  6. what each letter means
  7. AANSAEA
  8. IOUDS
  9. red
  10. GFBRD
  11. PAISA
  12. RSLF
  13. UOPG
  14. a list in a fixed order
  15. AIWR
  16. VIBGYOR
  17. LOIAS
  18. FUAC
  19. green
  20. NESW
  21. ELPA
  22. MVEMJSUN
  23. CNLU
  24. egg
  25. Earth
  26. ADUBS
  27. Uranus
  28. TBWCN
  29. Atlantic
  30. Pacific
  31. ECPC
  32. Venus
  33. flower
  34. DKOB
  35. GKOIP
  36. Indian
  37. OCIB
  38. UBOW
  39. evaporation
  40. collection

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