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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 739 · 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 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, orange, violin, duck, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVDCS (b) OSVDC (c) SOVDC (d) CDVOS
  4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) blue (d) yellow
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
  7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, shoe, kettle, orange, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMKOF (b) MSKOF (c) SKOFM (d) FOKSM
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, pillow, whistle, coconut, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWCSF (b) FPWCS (c) PFWCS (d) SCWPF
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, tomato, wallet, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWSR (b) TRWS (c) SWTR (d) RTWS
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, violin, goat, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVGB (b) VGBN (c) BGVN (d) VNGB
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) violet
  19. 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Australia
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  28. 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, mirror, pillow, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APMO (b) MOPA (c) OMPA (d) MPAO
  30. 30.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) violet
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, jalebi, tomato, drum, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJTDR (b) JMTDR (c) RDTJM (d) JTDRM
  35. 35.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, jalebi, mango, lemon, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMLNS (b) JSMLN (c) NLMJS (d) SJMLN
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, onion, jalebi, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJOM (b) OJSM (c) OMJS (d) MOJS
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, candle, mango, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMCA (b) CMTA (c) CAMT (d) ACMT
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, needle, watch, parrot, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFWPM (b) MPWNF (c) NWPMF (d) FNWPM
  40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Antarctica

Answer key

  1. green
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. SOVDC
  4. what each letter means
  5. green
  6. RSLF
  7. orange
  8. stem
  9. MSKOF
  10. FPWCS
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. Southern
  13. RTWS
  14. VIBGYOR
  15. NVGB
  16. AANSAEA
  17. SWG
  18. red
  19. egg
  20. March
  21. Indian
  22. root
  23. North America
  24. ELPA
  25. indigo
  26. PAISA
  27. north
  28. saffron
  29. OMPA
  30. one word holds a list
  31. west
  32. white
  33. yellow
  34. MJTDR
  35. first letters as a word
  36. SJMLN
  37. MOJS
  38. ACMT
  39. FNWPM
  40. South America

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