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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 402 · 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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  2. 2.🔤 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
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, guava, tiger, onion, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGTOB (b) BOTGS (c) GTOBS (d) GSTOB
  5. 5.🔤 “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
  6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) violet (d) orange
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, ball, tent, guava, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGTBL (b) BLTGK (c) BTGKL (d) LBTGK
  10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, flute, ice cream, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIFB (b) FBIU (c) FIUB (d) BFIU
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tomato, violin, umbrella, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUVTO (b) TOVUD (c) OTVUD (d) TVUDO
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, cat, orange, mirror, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COMUF (b) CFOMU (c) UMOCF (d) FCOMU
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, apple, vase, jug, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVJKS (b) ASVJK (c) SAVJK (d) KJVAS
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Africa (d) Europe
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, apple, van, nest, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNVAO (b) OAVNU (c) AOVNU (d) AVNUO
  25. 25.🔤 “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
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, van, mirror, sock, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWMSK (b) WVMSK (c) VMSKW (d) KSMVW
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Africa
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
  30. 30.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, glass, ant, lemon, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GALNU (b) UGALN (c) NLAGU (d) GUALN
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, shoe, inkpot, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSID (b) DISW (c) SIDW (d) SWID
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ladder, kite, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKCF (b) LFKC (c) CKLF (d) FLKC
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, owl, key, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKLG (b) GOKL (c) OGKL (d) LKOG
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, onion, ball, frog, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORBFT (b) ROBFT (c) TFBOR (d) OBFTR
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation

Answer key

  1. orange
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. SWG
  4. SGTOB
  5. collection
  6. one word holds a list
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. red
  9. LBTGK
  10. first letters as a word
  11. BFIU
  12. JFMA
  13. what each letter means
  14. evaporation
  15. OTVUD
  16. FCOMU
  17. SAVJK
  18. Antarctica
  19. AANSAEA
  20. indigo
  21. condensation
  22. January
  23. Africa
  24. OAVNU
  25. flower
  26. WVMSK
  27. ECPC
  28. North America
  29. NESW
  30. a list in a fixed order
  31. UGALN
  32. Mercury
  33. WSID
  34. FLKC
  35. stem
  36. east
  37. RSLF
  38. GOKL
  39. ROBFT
  40. precipitation

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