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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 352 · 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: pencil, whistle, flute, lemon, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWFLV (b) WPFLV (c) VLFWP (d) WFLVP
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, drum, vase, rope, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAVRB (b) DVRBA (c) ADVRB (d) BRVDA
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, parrot, key, radio, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKRLC (b) CPKRL (c) LRKPC (d) PCKRL
  4. 4.🔤 “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
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, sock, radio, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSRK (b) KRSD (c) SRKD (d) SDRK
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  13. 13.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Asia
  15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) violet
  21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, lamp, wallet, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWPN (b) PWLN (c) LNWP (d) NLWP
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, tiger, mirror, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTMS (b) TVMS (c) SMTV (d) TMSV
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, net, inkpot, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFIP (b) NIPF (c) FNIP (d) PINF
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, igloo, orange, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WIOC (b) IWOC (c) COIW (d) IOCW
  28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Europe
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, sock, radio, fan, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRFUG (b) SGRFU (c) UFRSG (d) GSRFU
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, violin, flute, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFIB (b) BVFI (c) VBFI (d) IFVB
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) indigo (d) yellow
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, tomato, lemon, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTLUC (b) ULTDC (c) DCTLU (d) CDTLU
  35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, onion, drum, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IODL (b) OIDL (c) LDOI (d) ODLI
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  38. 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) blue
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW

Answer key

  1. PWFLV
  2. ADVRB
  3. CPKRL
  4. saffron
  5. ECPC
  6. January
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. DSRK
  9. PAISA
  10. Venus
  11. SWG
  12. VIBGYOR
  13. Atlantic
  14. Asia
  15. root
  16. one word holds a list
  17. what each letter means
  18. Indian
  19. first letters as a word
  20. yellow
  21. February
  22. NLWP
  23. VTMS
  24. JFMA
  25. blue
  26. FNIP
  27. WIOC
  28. a list in a fixed order
  29. Australia
  30. GSRFU
  31. BVFI
  32. MVEMJSUN
  33. green
  34. CDTLU
  35. pupa
  36. IODL
  37. Europe
  38. north
  39. violet
  40. NESW

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