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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 604 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Europe
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, sock, tomato, cat, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICTSP (b) STCIP (c) PSTCI (d) SPTCI
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, guava, rose, watch, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWRGV (b) GVRWT (c) VGRWT (d) GRWTV
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, pillow, guava, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPGI (b) IGPN (c) PGIN (d) PNGI
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, pillow, jug, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPJR (b) PJRO (c) RJPO (d) POJR
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lemon, coconut, duck, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCDRB (b) LBCDR (c) BLCDR (d) RDCLB
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, whistle, van, guava, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGVWN (b) WVGSN (c) NWVGS (d) WNVGS
  17. 17.🔤 “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
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, jeep, drum, frog, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDFOK (b) KJDFO (c) JKDFO (d) OFDJK
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, whistle, owl, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFOU (b) UOWF (c) FWOU (d) WOUF
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  24. 24.🔤 “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
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) South America
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) orange
  30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) blue (d) indigo
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  33. 33.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, igloo, flute, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILFV (b) LIFV (c) IFVL (d) VFIL
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, van, cat, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCVL (b) LVCJ (c) VCJL (d) VLCJ
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tent, anchor, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITAK (b) KATI (c) TIAK (d) TAKI
  38. 38.🔤 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
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection

Answer key

  1. Europe
  2. saffron
  3. one word holds a list
  4. VIBGYOR
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. PSTCI
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. VGRWT
  9. NPGI
  10. OPJR
  11. PAISA
  12. Mercury
  13. first letters as a word
  14. evaporation
  15. BLCDR
  16. NWVGS
  17. white
  18. KJDFO
  19. ELPA
  20. RSLF
  21. FWOU
  22. MVEMJSUN
  23. JFMA
  24. green
  25. AANSAEA
  26. stem
  27. Saturn
  28. South America
  29. orange
  30. blue
  31. Southern
  32. Pacific
  33. what each letter means
  34. LIFV
  35. NESW
  36. LVCJ
  37. ITAK
  38. ECPC
  39. Atlantic
  40. collection

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