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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 139 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) blue (d) green
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, tiger, jug, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTJC (b) TDJC (c) CJTD (d) TJCD
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  6. 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  9. 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, pillow, nest, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLNO (b) ONPL (c) PNOL (d) LPNO
  12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
  13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, shoe, coconut, inkpot, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AICSF (b) FSCIA (c) SFCIA (d) SCIAF
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, lemon, fan, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVFS (b) LFSV (c) VLFS (d) SFLV
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, igloo, jug, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJGC (b) GJIC (c) ICJG (d) CIJG
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, van, sock, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSCG (b) CSVG (c) GVSC (d) VGSC
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, kite, spoon, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSRV (b) VKSR (c) RSKV (d) KVSR
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, van, jeep, igloo, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVJIT (b) VJITG (c) VGJIT (d) TIJVG
  32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  35. 35.🔤 “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
  36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, frog, apple, glass, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRAGW (b) FAGWR (c) WGAFR (d) RFAGW

Answer key

  1. north
  2. blue
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. DTJC
  5. JFMA
  6. stem
  7. egg
  8. saffron
  9. first letters as a word
  10. what each letter means
  11. LPNO
  12. a list in a fixed order
  13. the rainbow colours
  14. ELPA
  15. FSCIA
  16. NESW
  17. ECPC
  18. VLFS
  19. one word holds a list
  20. April
  21. Venus
  22. pupa
  23. precipitation
  24. Southern
  25. CIJG
  26. GVSC
  27. VKSR
  28. February
  29. root
  30. evaporation
  31. GVJIT
  32. west
  33. leaf
  34. SWG
  35. south
  36. collection
  37. Indian
  38. condensation
  39. Arctic
  40. RFAGW

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