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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 907 · 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 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, guava, ant, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAGD (b) GDAF (c) DGAF (d) GAFD
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, coconut, frog, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCFB (b) BFCR (c) CRFB (d) CFBR
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, jug, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKWF (b) KJWF (c) FWJK (d) JWFK
  6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, flute, ball, duck, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFBDL (b) FNBDL (c) LDBFN (d) FBDLN
  8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, urn, fan, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFGM (b) UMFG (c) GFUM (d) MUFG
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  16. 16.🔤 “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
  17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, net, jug, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNJG (b) NLJG (c) NJGL (d) GJNL
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  20. 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, glass, vase, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVKB (b) BGVK (c) GBVK (d) KVGB
  22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, lemon, duck, flute, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDFVA (b) ALDFV (c) LADFV (d) VFDLA
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, lamp, kettle, nest, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAKNR (b) RNKLA (c) LKNRA (d) ALKNR
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, kettle, jeep, goat, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJGLF (b) KFJGL (c) FKJGL (d) LGJKF
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, glass, nest, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNGV (b) VGNL (c) GNLV (d) GVNL
  31. 31.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, net, fan, jalebi, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJFNV (b) VNFJG (c) NVFJG (d) NFJGV
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, duck, rose, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKRF (b) FRDK (c) KDRF (d) DRFK
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, flute, umpire, jalebi, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJUFS (b) SFUJO (c) FSUJO (d) FUJOS
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, violin, anchor, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LAVF (b) VALF (c) VFAL (d) FVAL
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, needle, doll, lamp, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFDLT (b) TLDNF (c) NDLTF (d) FNDLT
  39. 39.🔤 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
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS

Answer key

  1. south
  2. larva
  3. DGAF
  4. RCFB
  5. KJWF
  6. white
  7. NFBDL
  8. first letters as a word
  9. stem
  10. indigo
  11. VIBGYOR
  12. MUFG
  13. ECPC
  14. green
  15. a list in a fixed order
  16. north
  17. condensation
  18. LNJG
  19. one word holds a list
  20. the rainbow colours
  21. BGVK
  22. green
  23. JFMA
  24. ALDFV
  25. ALKNR
  26. what each letter means
  27. adult
  28. ELPA
  29. FKJGL
  30. VGNL
  31. pupa
  32. egg
  33. VNFJG
  34. KDRF
  35. SFUJO
  36. Uranus
  37. FVAL
  38. FNDLT
  39. MVEMJSUN
  40. SWG

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