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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 95 · 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) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, bucket, coconut, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCWI (b) BICW (c) WCBI (d) IBCW
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, watch, jeep, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFJA (b) AJWF (c) WJAF (d) FWJA
  10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, onion, mirror, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POMV (b) VMOP (c) OMVP (d) OPMV
  13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) violet (d) green
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, kite, needle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKNB (b) KINB (c) BNKI (d) KNBI
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  18. 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  19. 19.🔤 “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
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, tent, frog, violin, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVFTB (b) TFVOB (c) BTFVO (d) TBFVO
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, umbrella, ice cream, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIUD (b) UIFD (c) UDIF (d) DUIF
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, duck, monkey, rose, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFMRS (b) FDMRS (c) DMRSF (d) SRMDF
  23. 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, ladder, wallet, urn, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUWLJ (b) LJWUO (c) JLWUO (d) LWUOJ
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, needle, cat, sock, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCSID (b) NDCSI (c) ISCND (d) DNCSI
  26. 26.🔤 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
  27. 27.🔤 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
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, radio, onion, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROPL (b) PORL (c) RLOP (d) LROP
  29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, fan, radio, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFRG (b) FRGN (c) FNRG (d) GRFN
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, candle, inkpot, onion, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUIOB (b) CIOBU (c) UCIOB (d) BOICU
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tent, glass, nest, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGNUP (b) UNGTP (c) PTGNU (d) TPGNU
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, guava, wallet, bucket, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBWGD (b) GDWBT (c) DGWBT (d) GWBTD
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, umbrella, lemon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBLO (b) ULOB (c) OLUB (d) BULO
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, mango, parrot, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPGB (b) GPMB (c) MBPG (d) BMPG

Answer key

  1. south
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. north
  4. AANSAEA
  5. first letters as a word
  6. IBCW
  7. PAISA
  8. the rainbow colours
  9. FWJA
  10. February
  11. red
  12. POMV
  13. blue
  14. IKNB
  15. JFMA
  16. Earth
  17. saffron
  18. what each letter means
  19. stem
  20. BTFVO
  21. DUIF
  22. FDMRS
  23. a list in a fixed order
  24. JLWUO
  25. DNCSI
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. ECPC
  28. LROP
  29. evaporation
  30. NFRG
  31. ELPA
  32. March
  33. RSLF
  34. east
  35. flower
  36. UCIOB
  37. PTGNU
  38. DGWBT
  39. BULO
  40. BMPG

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