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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 595 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, kite, igloo, glass, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKIGB (b) KUIGB (c) BGIKU (d) KIGBU
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) indigo (d) yellow
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Europe
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ball, lamp, wallet, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLWOG (b) OWLBG (c) GBLWO (d) BGLWO
  10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, glass, apple, wallet, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVAWT (b) GAWTV (c) TWAGV (d) VGAWT
  13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Antarctica
  14. 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, tiger, lamp, jug, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJLTW (b) TWLJI (c) TLJIW (d) WTLJI
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, violin, glass, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGID (b) IGVD (c) DVGI (d) VDGI
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, kite, jug, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJDG (b) DJKG (c) KGJD (d) GKJD
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, rose, ice cream, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMISD (b) DSIRM (c) MRISD (d) RISDM
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jalebi, lamp, watch, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLWOF (b) JFLWO (c) FJLWO (d) OWLJF
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, cat, key, monkey, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMKCA (b) CKMIA (c) CAKMI (d) ACKMI
  27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) North America
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, guava, igloo, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GION (b) GNIO (c) NGIO (d) OIGN
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, radio, banana, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBJC (b) CRBJ (c) JBRC (d) RCBJ
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, urn, glass, drum, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUGDN (b) NDGUO (c) UOGDN (d) UGDNO
  33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  34. 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  35. 35.🔤 “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
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, lamp, tomato, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLTG (b) GTLN (c) LTGN (d) LNTG
  37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, sock, jalebi, watch, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIJWM (b) ISJWM (c) SJWMI (d) MWJSI
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, onion, urn, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOUJ (b) OSUJ (c) JUOS (d) OUJS
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue

Answer key

  1. saffron
  2. what each letter means
  3. UKIGB
  4. Pacific
  5. violet
  6. Australia
  7. PAISA
  8. Mercury
  9. GBLWO
  10. west
  11. VIBGYOR
  12. VGAWT
  13. Asia
  14. the rainbow colours
  15. first letters as a word
  16. WTLJI
  17. egg
  18. yellow
  19. DVGI
  20. GKJD
  21. ELPA
  22. April
  23. MRISD
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. FJLWO
  26. ACKMI
  27. Africa
  28. RSLF
  29. March
  30. NGIO
  31. CRBJ
  32. OUGDN
  33. Indian
  34. one word holds a list
  35. green
  36. NLTG
  37. white
  38. ISJWM
  39. SOUJ
  40. blue

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