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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 100 · 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.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) Africa
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, lamp, rope, mirror, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMRLF (b) LRMVF (c) FLRMV (d) LFRMV
  7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Asia
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  9. 9.🔤 “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
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  13. 13.🔤 “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
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, rope, lamp, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLRU (b) RULB (c) RLBU (d) URLB
  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) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  17. 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, kettle, apple, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAKM (b) KMAS (c) KASM (d) MKAS
  19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, onion, ice cream, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OISDR (b) DSIOR (c) ROISD (d) ORISD
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, jug, coconut, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCJI (b) IJCR (c) JCRI (d) JICR
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, bucket, pillow, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAPD (b) ABPD (c) BPDA (d) DPBA
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, nest, umpire, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSUNT (b) NUSDT (c) TNUSD (d) NTUSD
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, tomato, pencil, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPTF (b) TFPV (c) TPVF (d) FTPV
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) South America
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, owl, umpire, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUTS (b) SOUT (c) TUOS (d) OSUT
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, apple, lemon, umpire, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALUOR (b) OULAR (c) RALUO (d) ARLUO
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tomato, van, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVTK (b) TVLK (c) TKVL (d) KTVL
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, anchor, monkey, igloo, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OIMAS (b) AMIOS (c) ASMIO (d) SAMIO
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic

Answer key

  1. evaporation
  2. ECPC
  3. February
  4. larva
  5. Africa
  6. FLRMV
  7. Asia
  8. March
  9. green
  10. root
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. one word holds a list
  13. north
  14. URLB
  15. MVEMJSUN
  16. JFMA
  17. south
  18. MKAS
  19. first letters as a word
  20. ROISD
  21. IJCR
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. Neptune
  24. PAISA
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. what each letter means
  27. ABPD
  28. TNUSD
  29. FTPV
  30. NESW
  31. collection
  32. Europe
  33. violet
  34. Jupiter
  35. SOUT
  36. RALUO
  37. Atlantic
  38. KTVL
  39. SAMIO
  40. Southern

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