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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 146 · 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: jeep, cat, drum, kite, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJDKF (b) JCDKF (c) CDKFJ (d) FKDCJ
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, kettle, onion, inkpot, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKOID (b) KPOID (c) KOIDP (d) DIOKP
  3. 3.🔤 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
  4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, candle, radio, doll, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCRDG (b) CRDGB (c) CBRDG (d) GDRCB
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, frog, banana, owl, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOBFI (b) IFBOV (c) FBOVI (d) FIBOV
  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) saffron (c) green
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umpire, lamp, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URLJ (b) RULJ (c) ULJR (d) JLUR
  11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, drum, parrot, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDPM (b) DPMG (c) DGPM (d) MPDG
  15. 15.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, umbrella, igloo, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UICT (b) CIUT (c) TUIC (d) UTIC
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, urn, net, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNUV (b) VUNS (c) UVNS (d) UNSV
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
  22. 22.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) indigo (d) blue
  26. 26.🔤 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
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, coconut, monkey, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCMW (b) CMWL (c) CLMW (d) WMCL
  28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  29. 29.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, wallet, drum, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADWV (b) VWDA (c) WVDA (d) WDAV
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, banana, igloo, watch, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIWRD (b) RWIBD (c) BDIWR (d) DBIWR
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
  34. 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, umpire, igloo, violin, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVIUN (b) UIVJN (c) UNIVJ (d) NUIVJ
  38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  39. 39.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, wallet, violin, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRVM (b) MVWR (c) RWVM (d) WVMR

Answer key

  1. JCDKF
  2. PKOID
  3. ECPC
  4. the rainbow colours
  5. what each letter means
  6. BCRDG
  7. IFBOV
  8. saffron
  9. adult
  10. RULJ
  11. one word holds a list
  12. RSLF
  13. Saturn
  14. GDPM
  15. Atlantic
  16. collection
  17. TUIC
  18. VUNS
  19. stem
  20. VIBGYOR
  21. JFMA
  22. a list in a fixed order
  23. MVEMJSUN
  24. PAISA
  25. violet
  26. ELPA
  27. LCMW
  28. west
  29. green
  30. Neptune
  31. VWDA
  32. DBIWR
  33. SWG
  34. flower
  35. NESW
  36. AANSAEA
  37. NUIVJ
  38. pupa
  39. first letters as a word
  40. RWVM

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