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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 891 · 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: owl, flute, van, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVBO (b) OFVB (c) FOVB (d) BVFO
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, candle, mango, fan, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFMCL (b) LCMFD (c) CLMFD (d) CMFDL
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jalebi, ball, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBJC (b) JCBM (c) JBMC (d) CJBM
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, umpire, jug, fan, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNJFM (b) MFJUN (c) UJFMN (d) NUJFM
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, van, duck, spoon, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSDVO (b) VODSG (c) VDSGO (d) OVDSG
  7. 7.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) North America
  9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) South America
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, onion, nest, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONTU (b) TNOU (c) UONT (d) OUNT
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) violet (d) green
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, nest, vase, doll, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDVNK (b) KNVDT (c) NKVDT (d) NVDTK
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) South America
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) South America
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, wallet, nest, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNTJ (b) TNWJ (c) WJNT (d) JWNT
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, key, sock, tomato, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTSKM (b) KSTWM (c) KMSTW (d) MKSTW
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
  35. 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, parrot, guava, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPGO (b) PSGO (c) PGOS (d) OGPS
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, frog, jug, rope, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFJRW (b) FBJRW (c) WRJFB (d) FJRWB
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, onion, parrot, radio, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTPRU (b) URPOT (c) OPRUT (d) TOPRU
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February

Answer key

  1. OFVB
  2. LCMFD
  3. CJBM
  4. NUJFM
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. OVDSG
  7. first letters as a word
  8. North America
  9. Africa
  10. flower
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. Neptune
  13. what each letter means
  14. white
  15. SWG
  16. Jupiter
  17. UONT
  18. green
  19. one word holds a list
  20. leaf
  21. KNVDT
  22. Europe
  23. JFMA
  24. Australia
  25. violet
  26. precipitation
  27. JWNT
  28. pupa
  29. ELPA
  30. MKSTW
  31. Indian
  32. VIBGYOR
  33. north
  34. NESW
  35. east
  36. PAISA
  37. SPGO
  38. BFJRW
  39. TOPRU
  40. January

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