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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 446 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, shoe, duck, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDSR (b) SDCR (c) RSDC (d) SRDC
  4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, flute, doll, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMDV (b) VDFM (c) MFDV (d) FDVM
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, bucket, rope, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRBI (b) BRWI (c) BIRW (d) IBRW
  11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  12. 12.🔤 “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
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, spoon, guava, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGOJ (b) JSGO (c) SJGO (d) OGSJ
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, bucket, mirror, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMCA (b) BAMC (c) CMBA (d) ABMC
  15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) indigo (d) red
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, pencil, lamp, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLNO (b) OPLN (c) NLPO (d) POLN
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, nest, violin, orange, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRVOI (b) RNVOI (c) NVOIR (d) IOVNR
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, monkey, parrot, candle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MKPCO (b) OCPMK (c) MPCOK (d) KMPCO
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, inkpot, mango, tent, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMTNR (b) IRMTN (c) RIMTN (d) NTMIR
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, bucket, kettle, apple, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAKBI (b) IBKAD (c) BKADI (d) BIKAD
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, net, candle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCNA (b) NCVA (c) ANCV (d) NACV
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, duck, parrot, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGPO (b) GDPO (c) OPDG (d) DPOG
  28. 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Africa (d) Europe
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, guava, onion, doll, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GODJB (b) BGODJ (c) GBODJ (d) JDOGB
  32. 32.🔤 “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
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, bucket, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTLD (b) BDTL (c) DBTL (d) LTBD
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Africa
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Africa
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, anchor, kite, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKAW (b) AWKJ (c) AKJW (d) WAKJ

Answer key

  1. SWG
  2. PAISA
  3. RSDC
  4. the rainbow colours
  5. one word holds a list
  6. first letters as a word
  7. MFDV
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. egg
  10. IBRW
  11. February
  12. white
  13. JSGO
  14. ABMC
  15. collection
  16. yellow
  17. Africa
  18. Asia
  19. violet
  20. OPLN
  21. RNVOI
  22. larva
  23. KMPCO
  24. RIMTN
  25. IBKAD
  26. ANCV
  27. GDPO
  28. what each letter means
  29. Europe
  30. MVEMJSUN
  31. BGODJ
  32. east
  33. evaporation
  34. saffron
  35. DBTL
  36. leaf
  37. Venus
  38. Antarctica
  39. North America
  40. WAKJ

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