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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 129 · 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: needle, kite, radio, violin, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KNRVT (b) TVRKN (c) KRVTN (d) NKRVT
  2. 2.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  4. 4.🔤 “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
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, apple, tomato, needle, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MATNI (b) AMTNI (c) INTAM (d) ATNIM
  6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, inkpot, umbrella, flute, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIUFO (b) IAUFO (c) OFUIA (d) IUFOA
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  9. 9.🔤 “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
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, mango, pencil, umbrella, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFPUL (b) MPULF (c) LUPMF (d) FMPUL
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  16. 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, umpire, nest, goat, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNGBR (b) RUNGB (c) BGNUR (d) URNGB
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  21. 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, radio, pencil, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPIC (b) IPRC (c) CRPI (d) RCPI
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, rose, mirror, cat, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUMCT (b) RMCTU (c) URMCT (d) TCMRU
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) North America
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, jalebi, monkey, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMKT (b) TJMK (c) JTMK (d) KMJT
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, umpire, tomato, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTUW (b) UWTL (c) UTLW (d) WUTL
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lamp, kite, rope, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRKLB (b) LKRJB (c) LBKRJ (d) BLKRJ
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) indigo (d) yellow
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, inkpot, flute, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFIV (b) IFSV (c) IVFS (d) VIFS
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) green (d) blue

Answer key

  1. NKRVT
  2. collection
  3. Mercury
  4. green
  5. MATNI
  6. one word holds a list
  7. AIUFO
  8. Neptune
  9. saffron
  10. FMPUL
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. first letters as a word
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. white
  15. JFMA
  16. Indian
  17. NESW
  18. pupa
  19. RUNGB
  20. what each letter means
  21. root
  22. CRPI
  23. URMCT
  24. Africa
  25. precipitation
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. TJMK
  28. PAISA
  29. WUTL
  30. ELPA
  31. ECPC
  32. BLKRJ
  33. yellow
  34. VIFS
  35. leaf
  36. April
  37. south
  38. Pacific
  39. AANSAEA
  40. red

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