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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 209 · 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: doll, tomato, rope, needle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANRTD (b) TRNAD (c) TDRNA (d) DTRNA
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, guava, doll, apple, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MADGT (b) GDAMT (c) GTDAM (d) TGDAM
  3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, key, candle, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCLS (b) LCKS (c) KSCL (d) SKCL
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, banana, spoon, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSUG (b) BGSU (c) USBG (d) GBSU
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ant, igloo, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKIV (b) KAIV (c) VIAK (d) AIVK
  10. 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  12. 12.🔤 “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
  13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) green (d) violet
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ladder, candle, ice cream, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCIFK (b) FICLK (c) LKCIF (d) KLCIF
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, ball, kite, igloo, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKIAD (b) AIKBD (c) DBKIA (d) BDKIA
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, spoon, rope, watch, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIRWT (b) SRWTI (c) ISRWT (d) TWRSI
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, doll, nest, umpire, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBNUK (b) KUNDB (c) BDNUK (d) DNUKB
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, tiger, needle, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNGO (b) OTNG (c) GNTO (d) TONG
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, pillow, rope, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBRK (b) BPRK (c) PRKB (d) KRPB
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pillow, fan, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFPT (b) PTFW (c) TPFW (d) PFWT
  33. 33.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, doll, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSUM (b) DMSU (c) USDM (d) MDSU
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  37. 37.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white

Answer key

  1. DTRNA
  2. TGDAM
  3. a list in a fixed order
  4. Southern
  5. SKCL
  6. what each letter means
  7. GBSU
  8. January
  9. KAIV
  10. one word holds a list
  11. Earth
  12. leaf
  13. north
  14. indigo
  15. larva
  16. ECPC
  17. ELPA
  18. Neptune
  19. Atlantic
  20. KLCIF
  21. DBKIA
  22. ISRWT
  23. RSLF
  24. BDNUK
  25. evaporation
  26. AANSAEA
  27. blue
  28. OTNG
  29. BPRK
  30. JFMA
  31. February
  32. TPFW
  33. first letters as a word
  34. NESW
  35. MDSU
  36. Jupiter
  37. the rainbow colours
  38. Pacific
  39. white
  40. saffron

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