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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 282 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, frog, needle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FANR (b) RNFA (c) FNRA (d) AFNR
  4. 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, pencil, umbrella, igloo, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUICW (b) CIUPW (c) WPUIC (d) PWUIC
  7. 7.🔤 “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
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, monkey, kite, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKMA (b) MKFA (c) MAKF (d) AMKF
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  11. 11.🔤 “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
  12. 12.🔤 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
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, net, key, goat, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKGFL (b) NLKGF (c) FGKNL (d) LNKGF
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) green (d) red
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jug, umpire, guava, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNUGA (b) AGUJN (c) JUGAN (d) NJUGA
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, radio, banana, sock, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISBRJ (b) JRBSI (c) RBSIJ (d) RJBSI
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, cat, rose, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRCB (b) CBRG (c) BCRG (d) CRGB
  24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Asia
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, needle, kettle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNKF (b) NKFJ (c) NJKF (d) FKNJ
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, kite, shoe, violin, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVSKC (b) KCSVR (c) KSVRC (d) CKSVR
  34. 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, jeep, doll, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFDT (b) JDTF (c) TDJF (d) FJDT
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, bucket, umbrella, coconut, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAUCD (b) DCUBA (c) BUCDA (d) ABUCD

Answer key

  1. east
  2. blue
  3. AFNR
  4. March
  5. a list in a fixed order
  6. WPUIC
  7. leaf
  8. AMKF
  9. one word holds a list
  10. ECPC
  11. green
  12. SWG
  13. VIBGYOR
  14. first letters as a word
  15. saffron
  16. LNKGF
  17. pupa
  18. PAISA
  19. orange
  20. NJUGA
  21. JRBSI
  22. January
  23. BCRG
  24. Indian
  25. AANSAEA
  26. Uranus
  27. collection
  28. root
  29. what each letter means
  30. Africa
  31. JNKF
  32. April
  33. CKSVR
  34. the rainbow colours
  35. Venus
  36. NESW
  37. RSLF
  38. FJDT
  39. white
  40. ABUCD

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