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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 385 · 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 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, duck, coconut, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDCA (b) DKCA (c) DCAK (d) ACDK
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, cat, watch, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWCM (b) MCWR (c) CMWR (d) CWRM
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, onion, inkpot, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIFL (b) LOIF (c) FIOL (d) OLIF
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, radio, ladder, pencil, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DPLRV (b) VRLPD (c) RLPDV (d) RVLPD
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
  16. 16.🔤 “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
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jeep, pencil, ice cream, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJPIU (b) UIPJT (c) JPIUT (d) JTPIU
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) blue
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  21. 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) blue (d) violet
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ladder, needle, apple, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNAUD (b) DLNAU (c) UANLD (d) LDNAU
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  30. 30.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, jug, apple, flute, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFAJT (b) JTAFR (c) JAFRT (d) TJAFR
  32. 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, violin, goat, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVGM (b) VGMF (c) VFGM (d) MGVF
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, sock, pillow, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRPO (b) OPSR (c) RSPO (d) SPOR
  35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jeep, lamp, mango, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJLMA (b) JLMAF (c) JFLMA (d) AMLJF
  37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) violet (d) orange
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Africa
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF

Answer key

  1. west
  2. KDCA
  3. MCWR
  4. south
  5. what each letter means
  6. white
  7. LOIF
  8. leaf
  9. VIBGYOR
  10. the rainbow colours
  11. JFMA
  12. east
  13. VRLPD
  14. ELPA
  15. PAISA
  16. root
  17. pupa
  18. TJPIU
  19. violet
  20. precipitation
  21. saffron
  22. February
  23. NESW
  24. one word holds a list
  25. blue
  26. DLNAU
  27. MVEMJSUN
  28. Neptune
  29. Uranus
  30. a list in a fixed order
  31. TJAFR
  32. first letters as a word
  33. FVGM
  34. RSPO
  35. green
  36. FJLMA
  37. green
  38. Saturn
  39. South America
  40. RSLF

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