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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 897 · 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 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  3. 3.🔤 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
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, ice cream, glass, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGCM (b) IMGC (c) MIGC (d) CGIM
  6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) red (d) yellow
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) violet
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  11. 11.🔤 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
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, duck, umbrella, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUDT (b) TDUI (c) DTUI (d) DUIT
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, jeep, needle, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIND (b) IJND (c) JNDI (d) DNJI
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, needle, anchor, onion, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNAOU (b) NGAOU (c) NAOUG (d) UOANG
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, vase, apple, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VANP (b) VPAN (c) PVAN (d) NAVP
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) indigo
  20. 20.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  21. 21.🔤 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
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, lamp, sock, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSLI (b) ILST (c) LSTI (d) LIST
  24. 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  25. 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, doll, key, shoe, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDKSV (b) VSKDB (c) DKSVB (d) DBKSV
  27. 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pillow, fan, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTFC (b) CFPT (c) TPFC (d) PFCT
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, sock, ball, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBSL (b) LSBM (c) SLBM (d) SBML
  34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, tiger, rose, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORTC (b) CTRO (c) TROC (d) TCRO
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA

Answer key

  1. west
  2. RSLF
  3. ECPC
  4. Saturn
  5. MIGC
  6. one word holds a list
  7. orange
  8. egg
  9. yellow
  10. root
  11. ELPA
  12. TDUI
  13. SWG
  14. IJND
  15. GNAOU
  16. JFMA
  17. first letters as a word
  18. PVAN
  19. blue
  20. saffron
  21. VIBGYOR
  22. April
  23. ILST
  24. the rainbow colours
  25. what each letter means
  26. BDKSV
  27. a list in a fixed order
  28. Southern
  29. Venus
  30. stem
  31. TPFC
  32. Pacific
  33. LSBM
  34. Arctic
  35. CTRO
  36. PAISA
  37. Uranus
  38. condensation
  39. indigo
  40. AANSAEA

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