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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 313 · 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.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  3. 3.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, glass, vase, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CGVP (b) GCVP (c) PVGC (d) GVPC
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tomato, radio, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRPK (b) PRTK (c) KTRP (d) TKRP
  7. 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Africa
  11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, ladder, spoon, jug, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCSJI (b) CLSJI (c) IJSLC (d) LSJIC
  13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) blue (d) indigo
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, guava, ball, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBOL (b) OBGL (c) LGBO (d) GLBO
  15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, orange, anchor, vase, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAVRK (b) RVAOK (c) KOAVR (d) OKAVR
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, kite, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKIN (b) NSKI (c) IKSN (d) SNKI
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, owl, shoe, monkey, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSMGI (b) OISMG (c) IOSMG (d) GMSOI
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, whistle, igloo, tomato, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WITJG (b) JTIWG (c) GWITJ (d) WGITJ
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, urn, inkpot, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUIS (b) UISV (c) UVIS (d) SIUV
  31. 31.🔤 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
  32. 32.🔤 “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
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, shoe, onion, radio, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SORIV (b) SVORI (c) IROSV (d) VSORI
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, candle, apple, lamp, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLACD (b) DCALO (c) CDALO (d) CALOD
  36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, igloo, shoe, jalebi, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISJLV (b) IVSJL (c) LJSIV (d) VISJL
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, wallet, candle, umpire, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCUAM (b) AUCWM (c) MWCUA (d) WMCUA

Answer key

  1. stem
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. root
  4. CGVP
  5. one word holds a list
  6. KTRP
  7. white
  8. pupa
  9. Mars
  10. North America
  11. first letters as a word
  12. CLSJI
  13. blue
  14. LGBO
  15. saffron
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. what each letter means
  18. KOAVR
  19. NESW
  20. green
  21. NSKI
  22. JFMA
  23. ELPA
  24. IOSMG
  25. PAISA
  26. indigo
  27. AANSAEA
  28. MVEMJSUN
  29. GWITJ
  30. VUIS
  31. VIBGYOR
  32. green
  33. VSORI
  34. west
  35. DCALO
  36. south
  37. ECPC
  38. SWG
  39. VISJL
  40. MWCUA

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