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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 303 · 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: guava, violin, rose, spoon, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRSFG (b) VGRSF (c) GVRSF (d) FSRVG
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  5. 5.🔤 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
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, banana, onion, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOJU (b) BUOJ (c) UBOJ (d) JOBU
  7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, net, drum, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDNU (b) NDRU (c) NUDR (d) UNDR
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, fan, ice cream, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFIN (b) NIFR (c) FRIN (d) FINR
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, needle, rope, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRNA (b) NARG (c) ANRG (d) NRGA
  21. 21.🔤 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
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, sock, umbrella, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUTP (b) TUSP (c) SPUT (d) PSUT
  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.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, fan, apple, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFAU (b) UAFB (c) FAUB (d) FBAU
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  27. 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  28. 28.🔤 “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
  29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, urn, monkey, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUMP (b) UMPC (c) UCMP (d) PMUC
  31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, rose, coconut, umpire, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRCUV (b) RKCUV (c) RCUVK (d) VUCRK
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) violet
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, whistle, tomato, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTWM (b) MWTL (c) WTLM (d) WMTL
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, monkey, coconut, bucket, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNCBA (b) ABCMN (c) MCBAN (d) NMCBA
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, apple, sock, umbrella, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASUTR (b) RASUT (c) TUSAR (d) ARSUT
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic

Answer key

  1. GVRSF
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. blue
  4. west
  5. RSLF
  6. UBOJ
  7. Earth
  8. ECPC
  9. one word holds a list
  10. UNDR
  11. NESW
  12. white
  13. first letters as a word
  14. collection
  15. JFMA
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. what each letter means
  18. RFIN
  19. saffron
  20. ANRG
  21. AANSAEA
  22. PSUT
  23. ELPA
  24. BFAU
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. Indian
  27. the rainbow colours
  28. south
  29. leaf
  30. CUMP
  31. root
  32. Jupiter
  33. KRCUV
  34. yellow
  35. Uranus
  36. MWTL
  37. pupa
  38. NMCBA
  39. RASUT
  40. Southern

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