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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 774 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, needle, anchor, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IANC (b) CNAI (c) NCAI (d) NAIC
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, urn, flute, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDFR (b) RFUD (c) UFRD (d) DUFR
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, fan, anchor, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAMK (b) KFAM (c) FKAM (d) MAFK
  11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Venus
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) indigo
  15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, onion, lemon, bucket, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POLBG (b) OLBGP (c) OPLBG (d) GBLOP
  19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, apple, spoon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASTG (b) GAST (c) AGST (d) TSAG
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, fan, igloo, key, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIKBV (b) BKIFV (c) VFIKB (d) FVIKB
  22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, coconut, kite, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKCJ (b) CKUJ (c) CJKU (d) JCKU
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) green (d) indigo
  26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  27. 27.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, key, flute, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFKC (b) CKFT (c) KCFT (d) KFTC
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, orange, jalebi, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOJV (b) OJVA (c) OAJV (d) VJOA
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, onion, glass, umpire, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUGOR (b) ROGUB (c) ORGUB (d) OGUBR
  35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  37. 37.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, bucket, violin, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVTA (b) ABVT (c) TVBA (d) BAVT
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation

Answer key

  1. north
  2. PAISA
  3. what each letter means
  4. CNAI
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. RSLF
  7. Indian
  8. DUFR
  9. NESW
  10. KFAM
  11. root
  12. Southern
  13. Mercury
  14. violet
  15. flower
  16. AANSAEA
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. POLBG
  19. first letters as a word
  20. GAST
  21. VFIKB
  22. Earth
  23. JCKU
  24. ECPC
  25. indigo
  26. January
  27. white
  28. CKFT
  29. VIBGYOR
  30. MVEMJSUN
  31. Jupiter
  32. blue
  33. AOJV
  34. ROGUB
  35. larva
  36. JFMA
  37. one word holds a list
  38. ABVT
  39. green
  40. evaporation

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