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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 424 · 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 planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) violet
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, pillow, ladder, banana, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPLBK (b) KBLPF (c) PFLBK (d) PLBKF
  11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, kite, ball, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKBI (b) IBKT (c) KTBI (d) KBIT
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, lemon, frog, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFOW (b) LWFO (c) WLFO (d) OFLW
  16. 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) violet (d) orange
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  21. 21.🔤 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
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) green (d) red
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, duck, parrot, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPDW (b) DPJW (c) WDPJ (d) DWPJ
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Europe
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, watch, cat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCWG (b) WGCF (c) WCFG (d) GWCF
  30. 30.🔤 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
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, flute, tent, goat, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTGVU (b) FUTGV (c) UFTGV (d) VGTFU
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, radio, mango, banana, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMBSO (b) ROMBS (c) ORMBS (d) SBMRO
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, guava, watch, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBWS (b) SWGB (c) BGWS (d) GWSB
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, drum, monkey, kite, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVMKN (b) DMKNV (c) VDMKN (d) NKMDV
  38. 38.🔤 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
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Earth
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. larva
  3. white
  4. orange
  5. saffron
  6. first letters as a word
  7. what each letter means
  8. Indian
  9. egg
  10. FPLBK
  11. February
  12. Arctic
  13. precipitation
  14. TKBI
  15. WLFO
  16. January
  17. PAISA
  18. violet
  19. Asia
  20. condensation
  21. RSLF
  22. collection
  23. green
  24. NESW
  25. WDPJ
  26. one word holds a list
  27. Earth
  28. Europe
  29. GWCF
  30. ECPC
  31. UFTGV
  32. Mars
  33. ORMBS
  34. BGWS
  35. JFMA
  36. leaf
  37. VDMKN
  38. VIBGYOR
  39. Venus
  40. March

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