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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 174 · 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 parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tomato, wallet, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLWU (b) UWTL (c) LTWU (d) TWUL
  11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, ladder, watch, sock, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWSVD (b) LDWSV (c) DLWSV (d) VSWLD
  16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, coconut, ladder, ice cream, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GILCP (b) CPLIG (c) PCLIG (d) CLIGP
  18. 18.🔤 “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
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, net, radio, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRNP (b) NPRB (c) NRBP (d) PNRB
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
  21. 21.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, vase, pencil, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPMF (b) MPVF (c) FVPM (d) VFPM
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, ant, ladder, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLAG (b) AGLR (c) GALR (d) ALRG
  27. 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, jeep, ant, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAJI (b) JAVI (c) JIAV (d) IJAV
  31. 31.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, rope, apple, violin, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVARL (b) RLAVC (c) RAVCL (d) LRAVC
  33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, vase, ball, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRBA (b) RVBA (c) ABVR (d) VBAR
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, cat, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDFO (b) DCFO (c) OFCD (d) CFOD
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, lamp, cat, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCLA (b) LCNA (c) LACN (d) ALCN
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
  38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Australia (d) Africa
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW

Answer key

  1. RSLF
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. January
  4. what each letter means
  5. SWG
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. VIBGYOR
  8. ELPA
  9. Mercury
  10. LTWU
  11. larva
  12. PAISA
  13. one word holds a list
  14. first letters as a word
  15. DLWSV
  16. root
  17. PCLIG
  18. pupa
  19. PNRB
  20. ECPC
  21. AANSAEA
  22. FVPM
  23. JFMA
  24. evaporation
  25. north
  26. GALR
  27. a list in a fixed order
  28. Mars
  29. flower
  30. IJAV
  31. adult
  32. LRAVC
  33. green
  34. RVBA
  35. DCFO
  36. ALCN
  37. North America
  38. Europe
  39. Saturn
  40. NESW

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