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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 254 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) Europe
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, wallet, apple, radio, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WARDB (b) DRAWB (c) WBARD (d) BWARD
  15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  16. 16.🔤 “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
  17. 17.🔤 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
  18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  20. 20.🔤 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
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  23. 23.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, candle, owl, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOCB (b) CBOK (c) BCOK (d) COKB
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, guava, whistle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAWU (b) AGWU (c) UWGA (d) GWUA
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jalebi, needle, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJNS (b) SNJO (c) JONS (d) JNSO
  27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, nest, anchor, vase, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNAVR (b) RVANW (c) NWAVR (d) NAVRW
  29. 29.🔤 “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
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, doll, needle, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNDL (b) DLNP (c) DNPL (d) LDNP
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, pencil, ant, guava, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFAGC (b) FPAGC (c) PAGCF (d) CGAPF
  32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Earth
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, shoe, anchor, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWAO (b) SAOW (c) OASW (d) WSAO
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, spoon, radio, parrot, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SARPD (b) DPRSA (c) SRPDA (d) ASRPD
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, frog, inkpot, anchor, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAIFR (b) FIAGR (c) RFIAG (d) FRIAG
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) green (d) yellow
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, rope, duck, vase, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVDRU (b) RUDVI (c) RDVIU (d) URDVI

Answer key

  1. white
  2. what each letter means
  3. orange
  4. first letters as a word
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. egg
  8. NESW
  9. PAISA
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. JFMA
  12. east
  13. Australia
  14. BWARD
  15. one word holds a list
  16. green
  17. ELPA
  18. Arctic
  19. root
  20. ECPC
  21. SWG
  22. RSLF
  23. west
  24. BCOK
  25. AGWU
  26. OJNS
  27. violet
  28. WNAVR
  29. stem
  30. LDNP
  31. FPAGC
  32. collection
  33. March
  34. Venus
  35. WSAO
  36. ASRPD
  37. RFIAG
  38. Atlantic
  39. yellow
  40. URDVI

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