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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 904 · 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: coconut, spoon, orange, vase, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCOVF (b) FVOSC (c) CSOVF (d) SOVFC
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jalebi, umbrella, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUJF (b) JUTF (c) JFUT (d) FJUT
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, guava, frog, doll, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFDRP (b) PGFDR (c) GPFDR (d) RDFGP
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  12. 12.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  14. 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ice cream, vase, nest, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPVNJ (b) PIVNJ (c) JNVIP (d) IVNJP
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, umpire, vase, cat, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVCNK (b) UKVCN (c) NCVUK (d) KUVCN
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Australia (d) North America
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, banana, glass, onion, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBGOJ (b) JOGBI (c) BIGOJ (d) BGOJI
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Africa
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Asia
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, drum, candle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCSO (b) SCDO (c) ODCS (d) DOCS
  31. 31.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  32. 32.🔤 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
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, tent, parrot, watch, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTPWG (b) GWPTL (c) TLPWG (d) TPWGL
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, net, banana, van, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVBNC (b) CNBVD (c) NCBVD (d) NBVDC
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tomato, kite, guava, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGKTO (b) TOKGM (c) TKGMO (d) OTKGM
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, umbrella, lemon, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UALJ (b) JLUA (c) ULJA (d) AULJ
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, kite, pencil, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKPU (b) UPKT (c) KTPU (d) KPUT

Answer key

  1. CSOVF
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. FJUT
  4. SWG
  5. Southern
  6. east
  7. ELPA
  8. what each letter means
  9. stem
  10. PGFDR
  11. ECPC
  12. April
  13. JFMA
  14. a list in a fixed order
  15. green
  16. Jupiter
  17. PIVNJ
  18. first letters as a word
  19. KUVCN
  20. condensation
  21. North America
  22. March
  23. AANSAEA
  24. Earth
  25. IBGOJ
  26. one word holds a list
  27. January
  28. Africa
  29. Asia
  30. ODCS
  31. MVEMJSUN
  32. NESW
  33. violet
  34. LTPWG
  35. CNBVD
  36. OTKGM
  37. pupa
  38. egg
  39. AULJ
  40. TKPU

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