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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 615 · 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… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) red
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, goat, kite, owl, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCKOT (b) GKOTC (c) TOKGC (d) CGKOT
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) North America
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, urn, owl, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJOT (b) TOUJ (c) JUOT (d) UOTJ
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, ice cream, cat, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICKG (b) KCIG (c) GICK (d) IGCK
  10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  12. 12.🔤 “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
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, goat, frog, anchor, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGFAN (b) GFANT (c) GTFAN (d) NAFGT
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ant, mirror, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APMN (b) AMNP (c) NMAP (d) PAMN
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, spoon, jalebi, vase, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVJSI (b) SJVBI (c) ISJVB (d) SIJVB
  22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, candle, mirror, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAMB (b) ACMB (c) CMBA (d) BMCA
  24. 24.🔤 “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
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, needle, tomato, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMTW (b) NTWM (c) WTNM (d) MNTW
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, ball, mango, urn, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTMUK (b) BMUKT (c) KUMBT (d) TBMUK
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, onion, duck, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CODP (b) ODPC (c) OCDP (d) PDOC
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) red
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, goat, rose, urn, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OURGN (b) GRUON (c) GNRUO (d) NGRUO
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  32. 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, nest, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USNJ (b) NSUJ (c) JNSU (d) NJSU
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, pencil, urn, lamp, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTULM (b) PULMT (c) MLUPT (d) TPULM
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  40. 40.🔤 “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

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. Jupiter
  3. VIBGYOR
  4. red
  5. CGKOT
  6. Europe
  7. JUOT
  8. one word holds a list
  9. GICK
  10. March
  11. MVEMJSUN
  12. white
  13. January
  14. collection
  15. evaporation
  16. ECPC
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. ELPA
  19. TGFAN
  20. PAMN
  21. ISJVB
  22. Earth
  23. ACMB
  24. west
  25. MNTW
  26. TBMUK
  27. CODP
  28. Saturn
  29. orange
  30. NGRUO
  31. Pacific
  32. first letters as a word
  33. condensation
  34. Venus
  35. JNSU
  36. AANSAEA
  37. TPULM
  38. PAISA
  39. Southern
  40. saffron

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