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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 966 · 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: vase, radio, sock, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSWV (b) RVSW (c) VRSW (d) WSRV
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) indigo (d) yellow
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, candle, onion, shoe, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSOCR (b) COSNR (c) RCOSN (d) CROSN
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, guava, jalebi, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAJO (b) OJGA (c) AGJO (d) GJOA
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, tiger, drum, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKDF (b) KTDF (c) TDFK (d) FDTK
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
  9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, duck, flute, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTFA (b) DFAT (c) AFDT (d) TDFA
  11. 11.🔤 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
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, fan, apple, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FASC (b) FCAS (c) CFAS (d) SAFC
  15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, anchor, frog, violin, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVFAL (b) ALFVC (c) AFVCL (d) LAFVC
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, kite, vase, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKVC (b) KOVC (c) KVCO (d) CVKO
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) violet (d) orange
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, sock, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSBT (b) TJSB (c) BSJT (d) JTSB
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, radio, jug, whistle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNJWB (b) NRJWB (c) BWJRN (d) RJWBN
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, flute, violin, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDVI (b) IVFD (c) DFVI (d) FVID
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) blue
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, doll, fan, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDFS (b) DJFS (c) DFSJ (d) SFDJ
  33. 33.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, radio, mango, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMFL (b) FMRL (c) LRMF (d) RLMF
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  36. 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, onion, ladder, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLOB (b) OBLG (c) OLGB (d) BOLG
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, goat, radio, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRDB (b) BGRD (c) DRGB (d) GBRD

Answer key

  1. VRSW
  2. green
  3. RCOSN
  4. AGJO
  5. ECPC
  6. Venus
  7. KTDF
  8. AANSAEA
  9. a list in a fixed order
  10. TDFA
  11. MVEMJSUN
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. south
  14. CFAS
  15. April
  16. JFMA
  17. LAFVC
  18. OKVC
  19. violet
  20. orange
  21. March
  22. TJSB
  23. Mercury
  24. one word holds a list
  25. NRJWB
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. DFVI
  28. RSLF
  29. ELPA
  30. evaporation
  31. indigo
  32. JDFS
  33. first letters as a word
  34. LRMF
  35. Neptune
  36. what each letter means
  37. BOLG
  38. PAISA
  39. Arctic
  40. BGRD

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