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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 675 · 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) white (b) green (c) saffron
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
  3. 3.🔤 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
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, umpire, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJTL (b) JUTL (c) LTUJ (d) UTLJ
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, tomato, onion, ant, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTOAR (b) RAOTF (c) TFOAR (d) TOARF
  7. 7.🔤 “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
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, needle, guava, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGOT (b) OGNT (c) TNGO (d) NTGO
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
  11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) Africa
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  13. 13.🔤 “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
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) orange
  15. 15.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Asia
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, umbrella, lamp, inkpot, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULIGA (b) GILUA (c) UALIG (d) AULIG
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  20. 20.🔤 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
  21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Europe
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  23. 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, orange, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWPC (b) OPCW (c) WOPC (d) CPOW
  25. 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, igloo, spoon, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKSC (b) CSIK (c) ISCK (d) KISC
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, van, ladder, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVLO (b) OLVA (c) VLOA (d) VALO
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) green
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, igloo, cat, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PICO (b) IPCO (c) ICOP (d) OCIP
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, spoon, umbrella, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDUT (b) TUSD (c) DSUT (d) SUTD
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, umpire, orange, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOCP (b) UPOC (c) PUOC (d) COUP
  37. 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) North America
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, rose, bucket, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBUL (b) UBRL (c) RLBU (d) LRBU

Answer key

  1. white
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. AANSAEA
  4. JUTL
  5. ELPA
  6. FTOAR
  7. evaporation
  8. RSLF
  9. TNGO
  10. SWG
  11. South America
  12. MVEMJSUN
  13. green
  14. indigo
  15. Atlantic
  16. Australia
  17. first letters as a word
  18. AULIG
  19. JFMA
  20. NESW
  21. North America
  22. root
  23. one word holds a list
  24. WOPC
  25. what each letter means
  26. PAISA
  27. KISC
  28. AVLO
  29. violet
  30. PICO
  31. condensation
  32. DSUT
  33. VIBGYOR
  34. Jupiter
  35. saffron
  36. PUOC
  37. a list in a fixed order
  38. Mercury
  39. Europe
  40. LRBU

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