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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 596 · 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 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  2. 2.🔤 “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
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ant, candle, igloo, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NICAB (b) ABCIN (c) ACINB (d) BACIN
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ant, bucket, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RABWF (b) ABWFR (c) ARBWF (d) FWBAR
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ice cream, banana, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIBK (b) IRBK (c) IBKR (d) KBIR
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, ladder, pencil, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVPD (b) LPDV (c) VLPD (d) DPLV
  8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, needle, frog, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFPI (b) INFP (c) PFNI (d) NIFP
  14. 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, spoon, doll, radio, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCDRN (b) SDRNC (c) CSDRN (d) NRDSC
  19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  21. 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  22. 22.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) red (d) indigo
  24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, tomato, ice cream, parrot, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUIPK (b) TIPKU (c) KPITU (d) UTIPK
  26. 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, coconut, onion, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBCOI (b) SCOIB (c) BSCOI (d) IOCSB
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) red (d) yellow
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  31. 31.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, banana, coconut, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCSI (b) IBCS (c) BICS (d) SCBI
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, frog, kettle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKFA (b) FKVA (c) AFKV (d) FAKV
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, orange, kite, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKOS (b) OSKA (c) SOKA (d) OKAS
  39. 39.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, fan, violin, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FOVS (b) FVSO (c) OFVS (d) SVFO

Answer key

  1. white
  2. west
  3. BACIN
  4. green
  5. RABWF
  6. RIBK
  7. VLPD
  8. collection
  9. VIBGYOR
  10. JFMA
  11. Mercury
  12. Indian
  13. INFP
  14. pupa
  15. the rainbow colours
  16. SWG
  17. saffron
  18. CSDRN
  19. first letters as a word
  20. larva
  21. a list in a fixed order
  22. MVEMJSUN
  23. orange
  24. violet
  25. UTIPK
  26. egg
  27. Saturn
  28. BSCOI
  29. red
  30. ECPC
  31. green
  32. south
  33. PAISA
  34. AANSAEA
  35. IBCS
  36. AFKV
  37. ELPA
  38. SOKA
  39. one word holds a list
  40. OFVS

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