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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 227 · 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: key, guava, mango, owl, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKMOC (b) COMGK (c) KGMOC (d) GMOCK
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
  3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  9. 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ice cream, cat, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGCM (b) GICM (c) MCIG (d) ICMG
  11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, owl, wallet, pillow, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMWPF (b) OWPFM (c) FPWOM (d) MOWPF
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  19. 19.🔤 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
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) indigo
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, jug, banana, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMBS (b) JBSM (c) SBJM (d) MJBS
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, fan, rose, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRFW (b) FRGW (c) FWRG (d) WFRG
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, mirror, pencil, jalebi, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJPMW (b) MPJIW (c) WMPJI (d) MWPJI
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, coconut, drum, net, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCDNU (b) CDNUG (c) CGDNU (d) UNDCG
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, umpire, lemon, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULBW (b) BLUW (c) WULB (d) UWLB
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, ice cream, kite, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDKO (b) OKID (c) DIKO (d) IKOD
  34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tomato, spoon, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TISR (b) ITSR (c) TSRI (d) RSTI
  36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, jeep, anchor, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIAG (b) IJAG (c) JAGI (d) GAJI
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, van, radio, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARVJ (b) VRAJ (c) VJRA (d) JVRA
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ant, umbrella, ladder, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLUAK (b) AKULJ (c) AULJK (d) KAULJ

Answer key

  1. KGMOC
  2. SWG
  3. west
  4. Saturn
  5. ECPC
  6. February
  7. PAISA
  8. the rainbow colours
  9. first letters as a word
  10. GICM
  11. what each letter means
  12. collection
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. yellow
  15. one word holds a list
  16. MOWPF
  17. NESW
  18. stem
  19. VIBGYOR
  20. indigo
  21. MJBS
  22. root
  23. ELPA
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. WFRG
  26. WMPJI
  27. AANSAEA
  28. RSLF
  29. GCDNU
  30. JFMA
  31. leaf
  32. WULB
  33. DIKO
  34. green
  35. ITSR
  36. south
  37. larva
  38. IJAG
  39. JVRA
  40. KAULJ

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