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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 401 · 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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, fan, net, jug, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDNJI (b) IJNFD (c) FNJID (d) DFNJI
  5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) indigo
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, fan, ball, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBTK (b) FKBT (c) KFBT (d) TBFK
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Europe
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, fan, rope, umpire, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFRUW (b) FRUWV (c) WURFV (d) FVRUW
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ball, coconut, guava, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVCGI (b) IGCBV (c) VBCGI (d) BCGIV
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, kettle, rope, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRBD (b) BRKD (c) DKRB (d) KDRB
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tent, needle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVNI (b) VTNI (c) TNIV (d) INTV
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, watch, rope, lemon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLRWC (b) CWRLT (c) WRLTC (d) WCRLT
  17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  19. 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Africa
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, tiger, umpire, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTUS (b) TUSG (c) TGUS (d) SUTG
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, glass, onion, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOTU (b) GUOT (c) UGOT (d) TOGU
  27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, inkpot, key, ball, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUKBA (b) UIKBA (c) ABKIU (d) IKBAU
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, umpire, ball, radio, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVBRW (b) UBRWV (c) VUBRW (d) WRBUV
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ice cream, duck, ball, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABDIN (b) IDBAN (c) NIDBA (d) INDBA
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, jalebi, ice cream, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJIA (b) JKIA (c) AIJK (d) JIAK
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ant, tiger, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTAN (b) ATBN (c) ANTB (d) NATB
  35. 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jeep, orange, parrot, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDOPK (b) KPOJD (c) DJOPK (d) JOPKD
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, nest, igloo, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIGS (b) SNIG (c) GINS (d) NSIG
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, umbrella, flute, watch, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVFWI (b) IWFUV (c) VUFWI (d) UFWIV
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, anchor, mango, drum, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANMDC (b) NAMDC (c) CDMAN (d) AMDCN
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV

Answer key

  1. Southern
  2. flower
  3. SWG
  4. DFNJI
  5. blue
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. KFBT
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. Australia
  10. VFRUW
  11. VBCGI
  12. one word holds a list
  13. March
  14. DKRB
  15. VTNI
  16. CWRLT
  17. leaf
  18. evaporation
  19. pupa
  20. what each letter means
  21. first letters as a word
  22. Africa
  23. GTUS
  24. Saturn
  25. PAISA
  26. UGOT
  27. Indian
  28. UIKBA
  29. VUBRW
  30. NIDBA
  31. collection
  32. KJIA
  33. root
  34. NATB
  35. west
  36. DJOPK
  37. SNIG
  38. VUFWI
  39. NAMDC
  40. VIBGYOR

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