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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 325 · 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: candle, duck, whistle, glass, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGWDC (b) DWGRC (c) CDWGR (d) DCWGR
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, mango, umpire, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MUVC (b) CMUV (c) MCUV (d) VUMC
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, banana, tomato, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTSP (b) BPTS (c) PBTS (d) STBP
  8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  9. 9.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  11. 11.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
  13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, wallet, rope, cat, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCRWU (b) UWRCB (c) WRCBU (d) WURCB
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) indigo (d) orange
  16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  18. 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, coconut, whistle, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWCA (b) CWPA (c) ACWP (d) CAWP
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, van, doll, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMDL (b) LDVM (c) VDLM (d) MVDL
  22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, cat, guava, umbrella, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCGUR (b) RUGCW (c) CWGUR (d) CGURW
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔤 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
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, anchor, kettle, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFKL (b) LKAF (c) AKLF (d) FAKL
  27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ball, key, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKBN (b) BNKS (c) BKSN (d) NBKS
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, wallet, pillow, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPBS (b) SWPB (c) BPWS (d) WSPB
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, bucket, mirror, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMSR (b) SMBR (c) BRMS (d) RBMS
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  32. 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, radio, banana, jalebi, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJBRP (b) PRBJU (c) RPBJU (d) RBJUP
  34. 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  36. 36.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, candle, lamp, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCLV (b) CNLV (c) CLVN (d) VLCN
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, key, monkey, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KMSB (b) SMKB (c) BKMS (d) KBMS
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, duck, violin, candle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDVCA (b) DVCAB (c) DBVCA (d) ACVDB
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult

Answer key

  1. CDWGR
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. PAISA
  4. larva
  5. NESW
  6. CMUV
  7. PBTS
  8. Pacific
  9. AANSAEA
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. MVEMJSUN
  12. RSLF
  13. egg
  14. UWRCB
  15. orange
  16. first letters as a word
  17. JFMA
  18. what each letter means
  19. Arctic
  20. ACWP
  21. MVDL
  22. Uranus
  23. WCGUR
  24. SWG
  25. ECPC
  26. FAKL
  27. evaporation
  28. NBKS
  29. SWPB
  30. RBMS
  31. collection
  32. one word holds a list
  33. PRBJU
  34. root
  35. red
  36. green
  37. NCLV
  38. BKMS
  39. BDVCA
  40. adult

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