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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 965 · 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: glass, shoe, whistle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SGWB (b) SWBG (c) BWSG (d) GSWB
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, jalebi, guava, mango, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFGMD (b) JGMDF (c) DMGJF (d) FJGMD
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Earth
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, pencil, ice cream, banana, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBIPA (b) APIBO (c) PIBOA (d) PAIBO
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
  12. 12.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ladder, cat, frog, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLCFO (b) LKCFO (c) LCFOK (d) OFCLK
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) South America
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Europe
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, whistle, drum, guava, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWDGB (b) WUDGB (c) WDGBU (d) BGDWU
  24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) indigo (d) red
  25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, onion, shoe, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSMF (b) MSOF (c) FOSM (d) OFSM
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, whistle, mirror, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMDT (b) WTMD (c) TWMD (d) DMWT
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, guava, ice cream, bucket, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBIGF (b) FGIBU (c) GIBUF (d) GFIBU
  32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, bucket, candle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCBK (b) BKCR (c) BCRK (d) KBCR
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, radio, apple, ladder, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTALK (b) KLART (c) TRALK (d) RALKT
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, orange, rope, nest, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANROG (b) OGRNA (c) ORNAG (d) GORNA
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, candle, needle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNJO (b) CONJ (c) OCNJ (d) JNCO
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, radio, anchor, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TARF (b) RFAT (c) RATF (d) FRAT
  39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, jug, monkey, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGML (b) JMLG (c) GJML (d) LMJG

Answer key

  1. GSWB
  2. FJGMD
  3. what each letter means
  4. Uranus
  5. SWG
  6. first letters as a word
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. NESW
  9. APIBO
  10. ELPA
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. January
  13. one word holds a list
  14. KLCFO
  15. ECPC
  16. north
  17. JFMA
  18. adult
  19. MVEMJSUN
  20. AANSAEA
  21. South America
  22. North America
  23. UWDGB
  24. violet
  25. green
  26. FOSM
  27. TWMD
  28. larva
  29. root
  30. leaf
  31. FGIBU
  32. saffron
  33. KBCR
  34. TRALK
  35. GORNA
  36. OCNJ
  37. Saturn
  38. FRAT
  39. pupa
  40. GJML

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