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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 204 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  2. 2.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, spoon, rope, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBRN (b) NRSB (c) SRNB (d) BSRN
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  12. 12.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  13. 13.🔤 “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
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, sock, banana, apple, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STBAO (b) SBAOT (c) TSBAO (d) OABST
  17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) North America (d) Australia
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) yellow (d) indigo
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, needle, tomato, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTMI (b) NITM (c) INTM (d) MTNI
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, whistle, tomato, sock, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNTSU (b) NWTSU (c) USTWN (d) WTSUN
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, jug, anchor, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRAB (b) BAJR (c) JABR (d) RJAB
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, nest, igloo, sock, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLISG (b) GSINL (c) LNISG (d) NISGL
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  32. 32.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
  34. 34.🔤 “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
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) red (d) blue
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  39. 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) orange

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. precipitation
  3. first letters as a word
  4. SWG
  5. BSRN
  6. February
  7. what each letter means
  8. orange
  9. saffron
  10. North America
  11. AANSAEA
  12. January
  13. green
  14. collection
  15. a list in a fixed order
  16. TSBAO
  17. Australia
  18. violet
  19. root
  20. Uranus
  21. INTM
  22. one word holds a list
  23. pupa
  24. evaporation
  25. north
  26. NWTSU
  27. RJAB
  28. Neptune
  29. Arctic
  30. LNISG
  31. ELPA
  32. MVEMJSUN
  33. flower
  34. leaf
  35. PAISA
  36. yellow
  37. Mars
  38. Pacific
  39. April
  40. blue

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