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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 776 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, banana, frog, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJFW (b) BFWJ (c) JBFW (d) WFBJ
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, kettle, candle, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBCT (b) BKCT (c) TCKB (d) KCTB
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  5. 5.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, banana, ice cream, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFIA (b) BIAF (c) FBIA (d) AIBF
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, radio, cat, watch, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORCWT (b) RCWTO (c) TWCRO (d) ROCWT
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, kite, net, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNGJ (b) GNKJ (c) JKNG (d) KJNG
  11. 11.🔤 “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
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, whistle, cat, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWCA (b) WJCA (c) WCAJ (d) ACWJ
  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) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
  16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ice cream, shoe, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FISN (b) NSIF (c) ISNF (d) IFSN
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ladder, inkpot, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFIV (b) LIVF (c) VILF (d) FLIV
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  22. 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, fan, van, monkey, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMVFJ (b) FJVMS (c) JFVMS (d) FVMSJ
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, needle, key, watch, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWKNV (b) NVKWS (c) NKWSV (d) VNKWS
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) violet (d) indigo
  27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, nest, onion, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOUD (b) NDOU (c) DNOU (d) UOND
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, cat, key, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKCS (b) SCKA (c) CKAS (d) CSKA
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jeep, vase, nest, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJVNU (b) JCVNU (c) JVNUC (d) UNVJC
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  34. 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, ladder, spoon, cat, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULSCM (b) LUSCM (c) MCSLU (d) LSCMU
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue
  37. 37.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south

Answer key

  1. JBFW
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. BKCT
  4. egg
  5. flower
  6. FBIA
  7. ORCWT
  8. pupa
  9. a list in a fixed order
  10. JKNG
  11. white
  12. JWCA
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. RSLF
  15. Antarctica
  16. root
  17. Saturn
  18. VIBGYOR
  19. FISN
  20. FLIV
  21. west
  22. what each letter means
  23. JFVMS
  24. SWG
  25. VNKWS
  26. green
  27. Atlantic
  28. DNOU
  29. SCKA
  30. CJVNU
  31. JFMA
  32. Pacific
  33. Venus
  34. one word holds a list
  35. ULSCM
  36. orange
  37. first letters as a word
  38. Jupiter
  39. saffron
  40. north

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