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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 746 · 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.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) violet
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, onion, bucket, ladder, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLBOG (b) OGBLF (c) GOBLF (d) OBLFG
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  7. 7.🔤 “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
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Australia
  9. 9.🔤 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
  10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
  11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  13. 13.🔤 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
  14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, monkey, shoe, parrot, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSPLW (b) LPSMW (c) WMSPL (d) MWSPL
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, rope, inkpot, watch, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWIRV (b) RIWJV (c) VRIWJ (d) RVIWJ
  19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) South America
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, spoon, violin, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVSN (b) SVAN (c) NSVA (d) SNVA
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, pillow, candle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCPU (b) UPCO (c) PCOU (d) PUCO
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, doll, onion, frog, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDOFI (b) DOFIJ (c) IFODJ (d) DJOFI
  28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, apple, sock, tiger, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTSAB (b) ASTVB (c) ABSTV (d) BASTV
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, apple, ice cream, needle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONIAD (b) DAINO (c) ADINO (d) AINOD
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, doll, sock, flute, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSFAB (b) BDSFA (c) AFSDB (d) DBSFA
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) South America (d) Africa
  36. 36.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, glass, umpire, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUFOW (b) GWUFO (c) WGUFO (d) OFUGW
  38. 38.🔤 “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
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) indigo
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, frog, spoon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAST (b) FSTA (c) AFST (d) TSFA

Answer key

  1. green
  2. what each letter means
  3. GOBLF
  4. pupa
  5. JFMA
  6. March
  7. white
  8. Australia
  9. AANSAEA
  10. south
  11. first letters as a word
  12. adult
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. January
  15. ELPA
  16. ECPC
  17. WMSPL
  18. VRIWJ
  19. the rainbow colours
  20. South America
  21. PAISA
  22. Mars
  23. NSVA
  24. VIBGYOR
  25. Pacific
  26. UPCO
  27. JDOFI
  28. a list in a fixed order
  29. April
  30. BASTV
  31. east
  32. DAINO
  33. BDSFA
  34. egg
  35. Europe
  36. one word holds a list
  37. WGUFO
  38. green
  39. indigo
  40. AFST

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