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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 724 · 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) saffron (c) green
  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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, rose, frog, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFUA (b) UFRA (c) RAFU (d) ARFU
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, fan, nest, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFNA (b) ANFG (c) FGNA (d) FNAG
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, apple, onion, cat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADOCF (b) DAOCF (c) FCOAD (d) AOCFD
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, violin, mirror, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMVA (b) VAMO (c) AVMO (d) VMOA
  19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  23. 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, rope, ladder, net, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWLNV (b) RLNVW (c) WRLNV (d) VNLRW
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Australia
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ant, coconut, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACPN (b) PCAN (c) ANCP (d) NACP
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, jalebi, igloo, watch, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKIWD (b) JIWDK (c) DWIJK (d) KJIWD
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) yellow (d) indigo
  35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, spoon, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAFO (b) FASO (c) OSAF (d) SOAF
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, monkey, cat, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCIF (b) FMCI (c) ICMF (d) MFCI
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, watch, apple, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCAN (b) CWAN (c) NAWC (d) WANC
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, frog, mango, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTMU (b) TFMU (c) FMUT (d) UMFT

Answer key

  1. white
  2. saffron
  3. ELPA
  4. larva
  5. Southern
  6. VIBGYOR
  7. RSLF
  8. ARFU
  9. one word holds a list
  10. the rainbow colours
  11. first letters as a word
  12. Arctic
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. GFNA
  15. DAOCF
  16. precipitation
  17. what each letter means
  18. AVMO
  19. Mercury
  20. February
  21. west
  22. PAISA
  23. a list in a fixed order
  24. JFMA
  25. evaporation
  26. leaf
  27. orange
  28. WRLNV
  29. Asia
  30. NACP
  31. north
  32. Indian
  33. KJIWD
  34. yellow
  35. egg
  36. OSAF
  37. east
  38. FMCI
  39. CWAN
  40. TFMU

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