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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 571 · 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 oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, jeep, needle, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNJB (b) JBNL (c) JNLB (d) BJNL
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, vase, umpire, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVUK (b) VTUK (c) KUVT (d) VUKT
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  8. 8.🔤 “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
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, whistle, sock, flute, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTSFR (b) RFSWT (c) WSFRT (d) TWSFR
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, banana, kettle, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKLV (b) BVKL (c) LKBV (d) VBKL
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, igloo, tiger, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDTW (b) WTID (c) ITWD (d) DITW
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) orange
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, violin, candle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGCI (b) ICVG (c) VCIG (d) GVCI
  19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, banana, anchor, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BADV (b) DABV (c) VBAD (d) BVAD
  21. 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  22. 22.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, duck, ice cream, mirror, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMIDC (b) DIMOC (c) DCIMO (d) CDIMO
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, onion, duck, umpire, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORDUP (b) PUDOR (c) ODUPR (d) RODUP
  29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) violet (d) blue
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, orange, whistle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPWM (b) MWOP (c) OWMP (d) POWM
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, igloo, jug, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJIT (b) TIJA (c) IJAT (d) ITJA
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  35. 35.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, lamp, pillow, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGPA (b) LPAG (c) GLPA (d) APLG
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, duck, coconut, jeep, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDCJS (b) SJCDM (c) DCJSM (d) DMCJS
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, flute, kite, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKTA (b) TKFA (c) AFKT (d) FAKT

Answer key

  1. PAISA
  2. flower
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. BJNL
  5. SWG
  6. TVUK
  7. VIBGYOR
  8. saffron
  9. TWSFR
  10. VBKL
  11. ELPA
  12. Mars
  13. the rainbow colours
  14. white
  15. DITW
  16. orange
  17. March
  18. GVCI
  19. Neptune
  20. VBAD
  21. leaf
  22. a list in a fixed order
  23. red
  24. what each letter means
  25. stem
  26. violet
  27. CDIMO
  28. RODUP
  29. one word holds a list
  30. precipitation
  31. blue
  32. POWM
  33. TIJA
  34. NESW
  35. first letters as a word
  36. GLPA
  37. Jupiter
  38. Africa
  39. MDCJS
  40. AFKT

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