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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 687 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, mirror, rose, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGRI (b) GMRI (c) MRIG (d) IRMG
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  6. 6.🔤 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
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  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) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  13. 13.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, bucket, onion, ice cream, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSOIG (b) GIOBS (c) SBOIG (d) BOIGS
  16. 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, onion, rose, candle, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJRCP (b) JORCP (c) PCROJ (d) ORCPJ
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Asia
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, apple, shoe, umpire, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TASUL (b) ATSUL (c) LUSAT (d) ASULT
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, cat, pencil, shoe, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPSRT (b) RSPCT (c) TCPSR (d) CTPSR
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, tiger, parrot, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPTF (b) FTPV (c) TFPV (d) TPVF
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  25. 25.🔤 “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
  26. 26.🔤 “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
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, cat, parrot, vase, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUPVW (b) CPVWU (c) UCPVW (d) WVPCU
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, tiger, pencil, frog, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPFGI (b) TIPFG (c) GFPTI (d) ITPFG
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, bucket, tent, ladder, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBTLW (b) WLTBM (c) BTLWM (d) BMTLW
  34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) South America
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, cat, lamp, urn, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLURB (b) BCLUR (c) CBLUR (d) RULCB
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, kite, apple, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KABJ (b) KJAB (c) JKAB (d) BAKJ
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March

Answer key

  1. what each letter means
  2. GMRI
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. SWG
  5. first letters as a word
  6. VIBGYOR
  7. JFMA
  8. NESW
  9. root
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. blue
  12. MVEMJSUN
  13. flower
  14. RSLF
  15. SBOIG
  16. Southern
  17. JORCP
  18. red
  19. Australia
  20. TASUL
  21. PAISA
  22. TCPSR
  23. FTPV
  24. one word holds a list
  25. saffron
  26. white
  27. AANSAEA
  28. UCPVW
  29. larva
  30. ECPC
  31. Arctic
  32. ITPFG
  33. MBTLW
  34. North America
  35. leaf
  36. BCLUR
  37. collection
  38. Mars
  39. JKAB
  40. February

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