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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 449 · 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 months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, jalebi, bucket, rose, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRBJS (b) SJBRT (c) JSBRT (d) JBRTS
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, violin, whistle, cat, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWCOL (b) LVWCO (c) VLWCO (d) OCWVL
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ladder, cat, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTCI (b) TLCI (c) ICLT (d) LCIT
  13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, umbrella, mirror, wallet, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWMUG (b) UMWRG (c) GUMWR (d) UGMWR
  17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jeep, frog, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCFA (b) JFAC (c) AFJC (d) CJFA
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, cat, nest, banana, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCNBF (b) CNBFL (c) CLNBF (d) FBNCL
  20. 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) Africa (d) North America
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  27. 27.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Australia
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, wallet, monkey, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPMT (b) TMWP (c) PWMT (d) WMTP
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, frog, rope, candle, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCRFS (b) SFRCK (c) FRCKS (d) FSRCK
  34. 34.🔤 “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
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, lemon, kite, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLKD (b) DKLW (c) LWKD (d) LKDW
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, glass, spoon, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGSP (b) GDSP (c) GSPD (d) PSGD
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  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) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, frog, parrot, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPFG (b) GFPW (c) FGPW (d) FPWG
  40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. SJBRT
  3. Earth
  4. RSLF
  5. green
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. pupa
  8. LVWCO
  9. Mercury
  10. JFMA
  11. Southern
  12. TLCI
  13. violet
  14. ECPC
  15. west
  16. GUMWR
  17. North America
  18. CJFA
  19. LCNBF
  20. first letters as a word
  21. one word holds a list
  22. north
  23. larva
  24. South America
  25. Arctic
  26. PAISA
  27. what each letter means
  28. January
  29. Antarctica
  30. NESW
  31. February
  32. PWMT
  33. SFRCK
  34. saffron
  35. WLKD
  36. DGSP
  37. AANSAEA
  38. VIBGYOR
  39. GFPW
  40. Saturn

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