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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 945 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, duck, banana, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWDBO (b) WDBOF (c) WFDBO (d) OBDWF
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, inkpot, shoe, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BISV (b) ISVB (c) VSIB (d) IBSV
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, goat, rose, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRGI (b) GIRB (c) GRBI (d) IGRB
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, banana, candle, pencil, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BACPJ (b) BCPJA (c) JPCBA (d) ABCPJ
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, net, key, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRKW (b) WKNR (c) RNKW (d) NKWR
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, spoon, onion, ball, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOBND (b) DSOBN (c) SDOBN (d) NBOSD
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, monkey, ball, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGBN (b) NBMG (c) GMBN (d) MBNG
  17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, drum, frog, anchor, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDFAT (b) TAFDV (c) DFATV (d) DVFAT
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  20. 20.🔤 “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
  21. 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Australia
  23. 23.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, orange, pencil, rose, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCPRV (b) VRPOC (c) OPRVC (d) COPRV
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, guava, umpire, frog, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFUGC (b) GCUFP (c) CGUFP (d) GUFPC
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, igloo, kettle, orange, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICKOP (b) CIKOP (c) POKIC (d) IKOPC
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  31. 31.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, radio, cat, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCRP (b) RCNP (c) PRCN (d) RPCN
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, banana, kite, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKBL (b) BKCL (c) LBKC (d) BLKC
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pencil, bucket, drum, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PABDS (b) PBDSA (c) SDBPA (d) APBDS
  38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, parrot, rope, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDRM (b) PRMD (c) MRPD (d) DPRM
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April

Answer key

  1. green
  2. JFMA
  3. FWDBO
  4. VIBGYOR
  5. BISV
  6. what each letter means
  7. one word holds a list
  8. collection
  9. IGRB
  10. ABCPJ
  11. ECPC
  12. RNKW
  13. RSLF
  14. DSOBN
  15. first letters as a word
  16. GMBN
  17. Indian
  18. VDFAT
  19. Arctic
  20. larva
  21. a list in a fixed order
  22. Europe
  23. white
  24. Uranus
  25. COPRV
  26. CGUFP
  27. CIKOP
  28. NESW
  29. AANSAEA
  30. Pacific
  31. the rainbow colours
  32. PRCN
  33. MVEMJSUN
  34. saffron
  35. Atlantic
  36. LBKC
  37. APBDS
  38. adult
  39. DPRM
  40. March

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