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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 698 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, wallet, jalebi, pencil, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPJWF (b) WJPVF (c) WFJPV (d) FWJPV
  2. 2.🔤 “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
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  4. 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, vase, urn, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUML (b) LVUM (c) VLUM (d) MUVL
  9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) indigo
  10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  11. 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, tiger, doll, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDTGP (b) GTDVP (c) PGTDV (d) GPTDV
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  16. 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) violet (d) yellow
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, jug, lemon, ice cream, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CILJW (b) JLICW (c) JWLIC (d) WJLIC
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, coconut, umbrella, violin, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUVFK (b) CKUVF (c) FVUCK (d) KCUVF
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, violin, inkpot, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGIJ (b) GVIJ (c) VIJG (d) JIVG
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, rope, monkey, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIMW (b) RMWI (c) WMRI (d) IRMW
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  28. 28.🔤 “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
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, ice cream, ladder, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALIM (b) ILAM (c) IMLA (d) MILA
  32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, doll, van, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBVM (b) BDVM (c) DVMB (d) MVDB
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, bucket, flute, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLFU (b) BFUL (c) UFBL (d) LBFU
  35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  37. 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, banana, lemon, drum, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVLDP (b) VBLDP (c) PDLBV (d) BLDPV
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, rose, nest, kite, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKNRG (b) RNKSG (c) RGNKS (d) GRNKS

Answer key

  1. FWJPV
  2. saffron
  3. green
  4. February
  5. PAISA
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. LVUM
  9. yellow
  10. collection
  11. east
  12. one word holds a list
  13. what each letter means
  14. PGTDV
  15. MVEMJSUN
  16. pupa
  17. adult
  18. Uranus
  19. orange
  20. WJLIC
  21. KCUVF
  22. GVIJ
  23. JFMA
  24. ECPC
  25. IRMW
  26. AANSAEA
  27. first letters as a word
  28. flower
  29. VIBGYOR
  30. SWG
  31. MILA
  32. west
  33. BDVM
  34. LBFU
  35. Southern
  36. NESW
  37. January
  38. VBLDP
  39. ELPA
  40. GRNKS

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