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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 581 · 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.🔤 “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
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔤 “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
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, jug, tomato, candle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTCIO (b) OJTCI (c) ICTJO (d) JOTCI
  9. 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  10. 10.🔤 “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
  11. 11.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, umpire, kite, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKUD (b) UDKL (c) DUKL (d) UKLD
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, tomato, urn, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TURV (b) TVUR (c) RUTV (d) VTUR
  18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, cat, frog, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKFI (b) KCFI (c) IFCK (d) CFIK
  20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Africa
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, mirror, lamp, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLMO (b) MLGO (c) OMLG (d) MOLG
  23. 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, apple, guava, umpire, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUGAP (b) APGUT (c) AGUTP (d) PAGUT
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, bucket, orange, glass, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BOGNI (b) NGOBI (c) IBOGN (d) BIOGN
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, bucket, sock, pillow, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GPSBD (b) DBSPG (c) BDSPG (d) BSPGD
  27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) violet (d) indigo
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, doll, mango, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMDK (b) DMWK (c) DKMW (d) KDMW
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  34. 34.🔤 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
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, pencil, nest, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNBL (b) BNPL (c) PLNB (d) LPNB
  37. 37.🔤 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
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, spoon, doll, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDKV (b) VSDK (c) KDSV (d) SVDK
  39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation

Answer key

  1. red
  2. north
  3. SWG
  4. first letters as a word
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. what each letter means
  7. west
  8. OJTCI
  9. south
  10. green
  11. white
  12. violet
  13. DUKL
  14. ELPA
  15. root
  16. one word holds a list
  17. VTUR
  18. Atlantic
  19. KCFI
  20. Africa
  21. NESW
  22. OMLG
  23. a list in a fixed order
  24. PAGUT
  25. IBOGN
  26. DBSPG
  27. Southern
  28. Indian
  29. ECPC
  30. blue
  31. AANSAEA
  32. KDMW
  33. condensation
  34. RSLF
  35. Saturn
  36. LPNB
  37. MVEMJSUN
  38. VSDK
  39. larva
  40. precipitation

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