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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 579 · 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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, goat, ant, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGAJ (b) JAGT (c) GTAJ (d) GAJT
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, goat, whistle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWVM (b) GMWV (c) VWGM (d) MGWV
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
  11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  12. 12.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, anchor, wallet, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASWC (b) AWCS (c) CWAS (d) SAWC
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, bucket, sock, orange, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBSOT (b) BSOTR (c) BRSOT (d) TOSBR
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, shoe, pencil, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSPN (b) NPSV (c) SVPN (d) SPNV
  21. 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, apple, fan, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANFR (b) RFAN (c) AFRN (d) NAFR
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, tomato, owl, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTOL (b) TCOL (c) LOTC (d) TOLC
  25. 25.🔤 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
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ladder, anchor, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNAT (b) TALN (c) NLAT (d) LATN
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, goat, ice cream, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIOK (b) KGIO (c) GKIO (d) OIGK
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
  34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Europe
  35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) indigo (d) green
  36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) Europe
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, owl, lemon, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBLR (b) RLOB (c) OLRB (d) BOLR
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, frog, guava, ice cream, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KIGFB (b) FGIKB (c) BFGIK (d) FBGIK
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, coconut, mirror, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCMW (b) CMWR (c) CRMW (d) WMCR

Answer key

  1. red
  2. saffron
  3. first letters as a word
  4. TGAJ
  5. MGWV
  6. Arctic
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. Venus
  9. egg
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. January
  12. what each letter means
  13. PAISA
  14. NESW
  15. root
  16. evaporation
  17. SAWC
  18. precipitation
  19. RBSOT
  20. VSPN
  21. stem
  22. NAFR
  23. Uranus
  24. CTOL
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. one word holds a list
  27. leaf
  28. April
  29. adult
  30. AANSAEA
  31. NLAT
  32. KGIO
  33. RSLF
  34. Australia
  35. indigo
  36. Europe
  37. ECPC
  38. BOLR
  39. BFGIK
  40. RCMW

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