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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 569 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, onion, glass, watch, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSGWD (b) OGWDS (c) SOGWD (d) DWGOS
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, spoon, vase, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVSA (b) SVRA (c) SAVR (d) ASVR
  3. 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, guava, anchor, rope, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTARM (b) MRAGT (c) TGARM (d) GARMT
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, tomato, jalebi, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJTM (b) TMJW (c) MTJW (d) TJWM
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, tomato, mango, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STMK (b) TMKS (c) KMTS (d) TSMK
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) indigo
  18. 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) green (d) violet
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, pillow, shoe, orange, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPSOB (b) PNSOB (c) PSOBN (d) BOSPN
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, needle, watch, urn, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NAWUK (b) KUWNA (c) ANWUK (d) NWUKA
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jalebi, violin, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJVI (b) JWVI (c) IVJW (d) JVIW
  27. 27.🔤 “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
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, tiger, cat, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCDU (b) TUCD (c) DCTU (d) UTCD
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, goat, igloo, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GITP (b) PGIT (c) GPIT (d) TIGP
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, jalebi, onion, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COJN (b) JOCN (c) JNOC (d) NJOC
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, goat, fan, bucket, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBFGP (b) PGFBW (c) GPFBW (d) GFBWP
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ball, duck, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BODI (b) IDBO (c) OBDI (d) BDIO
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation

Answer key

  1. SOGWD
  2. ASVR
  3. adult
  4. TGARM
  5. SWG
  6. MVEMJSUN
  7. what each letter means
  8. MTJW
  9. one word holds a list
  10. west
  11. AANSAEA
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. STMK
  14. green
  15. leaf
  16. first letters as a word
  17. green
  18. south
  19. Southern
  20. violet
  21. NPSOB
  22. ANWUK
  23. NESW
  24. ECPC
  25. evaporation
  26. WJVI
  27. saffron
  28. PAISA
  29. VIBGYOR
  30. UTCD
  31. north
  32. RSLF
  33. PGIT
  34. orange
  35. NJOC
  36. stem
  37. PGFBW
  38. ELPA
  39. OBDI
  40. collection

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