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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 394 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, ant, doll, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDAI (b) AIDC (c) ADCI (d) IADC
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, needle, parrot, tomato, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTPNJ (b) NJPTO (c) JNPTO (d) NPTOJ
  5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) Africa
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, bucket, coconut, urn, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBCUN (b) NUCBS (c) BSCUN (d) BCUNS
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, van, key, shoe, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAKSW (b) AVKSW (c) VKSWA (d) WSKVA
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) orange
  15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, net, kite, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKNM (b) NMKS (c) NKSM (d) MNKS
  18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Africa (d) North America
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  21. 21.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  22. 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  23. 23.🔤 “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
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
  25. 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Australia
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, orange, van, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVOK (b) KOVT (c) OKVT (d) OVTK
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, watch, apple, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWAC (b) WACD (c) CAWD (d) WDAC
  31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Africa (d) North America
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, onion, umbrella, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUOD (b) OUPD (c) DOUP (d) ODUP
  33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, shoe, ice cream, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WISC (b) SIWC (c) CSIW (d) SCIW
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, sock, candle, owl, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOCSL (b) LSCOV (c) SLCOV (d) SCOVL
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, lamp, needle, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLNO (b) LFNO (c) ONLF (d) LNOF
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ladder, candle, banana, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTCBD (b) LCBDT (c) TLCBD (d) DBCLT
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, banana, violin, goat, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGVBT (b) BVGWT (c) TBVGW (d) BTVGW
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.🔤 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

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. first letters as a word
  3. IADC
  4. JNPTO
  5. Africa
  6. SBCUN
  7. AANSAEA
  8. east
  9. SWG
  10. AVKSW
  11. JFMA
  12. Jupiter
  13. one word holds a list
  14. indigo
  15. April
  16. ECPC
  17. MNKS
  18. root
  19. Asia
  20. VIBGYOR
  21. MVEMJSUN
  22. what each letter means
  23. green
  24. Antarctica
  25. a list in a fixed order
  26. March
  27. ELPA
  28. Australia
  29. KOVT
  30. DWAC
  31. Europe
  32. DOUP
  33. larva
  34. CSIW
  35. LSCOV
  36. FLNO
  37. TLCBD
  38. TBVGW
  39. red
  40. RSLF

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