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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 138 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  4. 4.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, fan, spoon, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSFW (b) WFSM (c) FSMW (d) FWSM
  11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, doll, lemon, violin, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DALVW (b) DLVWA (c) WVLDA (d) ADLVW
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ladder, guava, mirror, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRGMF (b) FMGLR (c) RLGMF (d) LGMFR
  20. 20.🔤 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
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, fan, umbrella, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUPK (b) FKUP (c) PUFK (d) KFUP
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, tent, shoe, ball, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSBWA (b) ATSBW (c) TASBW (d) WBSTA
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, flute, lamp, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLBC (b) CFLB (c) BLFC (d) FCLB
  26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Europe
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, tiger, pencil, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTPB (b) TJPB (c) BPTJ (d) TPBJ
  34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, jug, candle, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCJK (b) KJCL (c) JKCL (d) JCLK
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, pillow, shoe, tiger, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVSTK (b) PSTKV (c) VPSTK (d) KTSPV
  39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, tomato, drum, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBDW (b) WDTB (c) TDWB (d) BTDW

Answer key

  1. ELPA
  2. saffron
  3. March
  4. MVEMJSUN
  5. Uranus
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. Arctic
  8. PAISA
  9. Indian
  10. WFSM
  11. egg
  12. a list in a fixed order
  13. first letters as a word
  14. ECPC
  15. JFMA
  16. green
  17. one word holds a list
  18. ADLVW
  19. RLGMF
  20. VIBGYOR
  21. KFUP
  22. evaporation
  23. what each letter means
  24. ATSBW
  25. CFLB
  26. Asia
  27. south
  28. root
  29. AANSAEA
  30. north
  31. condensation
  32. Pacific
  33. JTPB
  34. Southern
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. KJCL
  37. east
  38. VPSTK
  39. leaf
  40. BTDW

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