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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 570 · 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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ant, fan, inkpot, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIFAN (b) AFISN (c) ANFIS (d) NAFIS
  3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, inkpot, jeep, sock, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJSPK (b) PSJIK (c) IKJSP (d) KIJSP
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Europe (d) North America
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, anchor, cat, guava, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASCGD (b) DGCAS (c) ACGDS (d) SACGD
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  15. 15.🔤 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
  16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, flute, ice cream, rose, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBIRU (b) FIRUB (c) BFIRU (d) URIFB
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, glass, monkey, ball, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBMGC (b) GCMBK (c) CGMBK (d) GMBKC
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) indigo (d) blue
  21. 21.🔤 “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
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  26. 26.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, owl, violin, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFVS (b) FOVS (c) SVOF (d) OVSF
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, glass, kite, ball, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBKGV (b) GKBMV (c) VGKBM (d) GVKBM
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, banana, goat, anchor, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCGAI (b) CBGAI (c) IAGBC (d) BGAIC
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, apple, umbrella, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUAT (b) AUST (c) TAUS (d) ATUS
  33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, candle, apple, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVAF (b) FACV (c) VCAF (d) CAFV
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, sock, wallet, umpire, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSWUG (b) SJWUG (c) GUWSJ (d) SWUGJ
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, urn, goat, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFGR (b) UGRF (c) RGUF (d) FUGR
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, candle, ant, flute, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSAFI (b) CAFIS (c) IFACS (d) SCAFI

Answer key

  1. Arctic
  2. NAFIS
  3. one word holds a list
  4. flower
  5. ELPA
  6. what each letter means
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. KIJSP
  9. VIBGYOR
  10. South America
  11. NESW
  12. RSLF
  13. SACGD
  14. PAISA
  15. ECPC
  16. Africa
  17. BFIRU
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. CGMBK
  20. red
  21. saffron
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. first letters as a word
  24. Pacific
  25. JFMA
  26. AANSAEA
  27. January
  28. FOVS
  29. VGKBM
  30. SWG
  31. CBGAI
  32. TAUS
  33. green
  34. violet
  35. Mars
  36. VCAF
  37. JSWUG
  38. white
  39. FUGR
  40. SCAFI

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