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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 766 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, needle, fan, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFNL (b) NLFW (c) LNFW (d) NFWL
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, van, watch, ladder, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKWLC (b) CLWVK (c) VWLCK (d) KVWLC
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, onion, kite, shoe, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGKSM (b) MSKOG (c) OKSMG (d) GOKSM
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, cat, glass, inkpot, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIGCM (b) MCGIT (c) CMGIT (d) CGITM
  12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, vase, ball, umpire, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUBVA (b) AVBUG (c) VABUG (d) VBUGA
  15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
  21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
  25. 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, glass, nest, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNPB (b) BGNP (c) GBNP (d) PNGB
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  28. 28.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, inkpot, tiger, net, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUTNG (b) GNTIU (c) UITNG (d) ITNGU
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, guava, kite, flute, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRKFM (b) MFKGR (c) RGKFM (d) GKFMR
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, candle, flute, sock, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUFSA (b) UCFSA (c) CFSAU (d) ASFCU
  33. 33.🔤 “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
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV

Answer key

  1. Neptune
  2. Arctic
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. blue
  5. LNFW
  6. AANSAEA
  7. JFMA
  8. saffron
  9. KVWLC
  10. GOKSM
  11. MCGIT
  12. a list in a fixed order
  13. RSLF
  14. AVBUG
  15. January
  16. PAISA
  17. ECPC
  18. larva
  19. NESW
  20. SWG
  21. what each letter means
  22. condensation
  23. ELPA
  24. leaf
  25. one word holds a list
  26. BGNP
  27. root
  28. first letters as a word
  29. UITNG
  30. RGKFM
  31. evaporation
  32. UCFSA
  33. white
  34. pupa
  35. MVEMJSUN
  36. red
  37. south
  38. green
  39. Southern
  40. VIBGYOR

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