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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 960 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, lemon, radio, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRCI (b) LIRC (c) ILRC (d) CRLI
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Australia
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  6. 6.🔤 “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
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ice cream, ball, monkey, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMBIA (b) AIBMD (c) IABMD (d) IBMDA
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, watch, lemon, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLWM (b) WMLB (c) WLBM (d) MWLB
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, onion, sock, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFOSK (b) WOSKF (c) FWOSK (d) KSOWF
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, spoon, watch, fan, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDWFC (b) SWFCD (c) DSWFC (d) CFWSD
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, vase, inkpot, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VICR (b) RVIC (c) CIVR (d) VRIC
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, goat, watch, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGWV (b) GKWV (c) VWGK (d) GWVK
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, fan, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFOC (b) FOCN (c) COFN (d) FNOC
  24. 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, bucket, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSBD (b) SGBD (c) GBDS (d) DBGS
  26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, net, owl, umbrella, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUOND (b) NDOUP (c) NOUPD (d) DNOUP
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) Africa
  30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, tiger, pencil, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFPB (b) TPBF (c) BPTF (d) FTPB
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, glass, tomato, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTBU (b) BTGU (c) GUTB (d) UGTB
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, net, anchor, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPAO (b) PNAO (c) OANP (d) NAOP
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, vase, guava, whistle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVGWN (b) NWGVJ (c) VJGWN (d) VGWNJ
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, tent, glass, anchor, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGACD (b) DTGAC (c) TDGAC (d) CAGTD
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, watch, shoe, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWSM (b) WISM (c) WSMI (d) MSWI
  39. 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, guava, ant, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCAT (b) GATC (c) CGAT (d) TAGC

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. ILRC
  3. first letters as a word
  4. South America
  5. ECPC
  6. saffron
  7. AIBMD
  8. adult
  9. a list in a fixed order
  10. stem
  11. what each letter means
  12. one word holds a list
  13. ELPA
  14. NESW
  15. MVEMJSUN
  16. MWLB
  17. PAISA
  18. SWG
  19. FWOSK
  20. DSWFC
  21. RVIC
  22. KGWV
  23. NFOC
  24. south
  25. SGBD
  26. Uranus
  27. DNOUP
  28. VIBGYOR
  29. Africa
  30. April
  31. FTPB
  32. UGTB
  33. RSLF
  34. PNAO
  35. leaf
  36. JVGWN
  37. DTGAC
  38. IWSM
  39. March
  40. CGAT

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