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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 241 · 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: parrot, guava, mango, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMGP (b) GPMC (c) GMCP (d) PGMC
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, frog, drum, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBDC (b) FDCB (c) CDFB (d) BFDC
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) Australia
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, net, mango, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMNV (b) NVMO (c) VNMO (d) NMOV
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, umpire, anchor, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVAD (b) VUAD (c) UADV (d) DAUV
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, owl, glass, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOGR (b) OKGR (c) OGRK (d) RGOK
  16. 16.🔤 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
  17. 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
  23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
  26. 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  27. 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, duck, spoon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSDI (b) DISO (c) IDSO (d) DSOI
  29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, apple, rope, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GARI (b) AGRI (c) ARIG (d) IRAG
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  35. 35.🔤 “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
  36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, glass, ice cream, vase, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIVJC (b) JVIGC (c) CGIVJ (d) GCIVJ
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) violet (d) yellow
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) green (d) orange
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, pencil, onion, violin, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPOVG (b) POVGU (c) PUOVG (d) GVOPU

Answer key

  1. PGMC
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. February
  4. what each letter means
  5. BFDC
  6. Africa
  7. VNMO
  8. leaf
  9. Earth
  10. collection
  11. VUAD
  12. one word holds a list
  13. first letters as a word
  14. Jupiter
  15. KOGR
  16. RSLF
  17. the rainbow colours
  18. January
  19. root
  20. April
  21. NESW
  22. Indian
  23. Pacific
  24. white
  25. Europe
  26. pupa
  27. a list in a fixed order
  28. IDSO
  29. Mercury
  30. Uranus
  31. GARI
  32. AANSAEA
  33. VIBGYOR
  34. ECPC
  35. saffron
  36. larva
  37. CGIVJ
  38. violet
  39. orange
  40. UPOVG

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