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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 264 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) South America
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, parrot, banana, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBPG (b) PBWG (c) PGBW (d) GPBW
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, monkey, net, doll, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNDCA (b) MANDC (c) AMNDC (d) CDNMA
  7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Venus
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  11. 11.🔤 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
  12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, cat, flute, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCFG (b) CVFG (c) CFGV (d) GFCV
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, monkey, fan, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFLK (b) KMFL (c) MKFL (d) LFMK
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, tomato, bucket, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SBTG (b) TGBS (c) GTBS (d) TBSG
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Europe
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) violet
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, doll, umbrella, coconut, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNUCA (b) ACUDN (c) DUCAN (d) NDUCA
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, pillow, rope, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRCN (b) CRPN (c) NPRC (d) PNRC
  30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ant, spoon, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WASK (b) KSAW (c) ASKW (d) AWSK
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) blue
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  35. 35.🔤 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
  36. 36.🔤 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
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ball, violin, apple, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCVAG (b) GAVBC (c) CBVAG (d) BVAGC
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, rope, van, fan, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFVRB (b) BRVFU (c) RVFUB (d) RBVFU

Answer key

  1. Europe
  2. GPBW
  3. saffron
  4. the rainbow colours
  5. first letters as a word
  6. AMNDC
  7. condensation
  8. white
  9. Venus
  10. stem
  11. ECPC
  12. South America
  13. what each letter means
  14. VCFG
  15. egg
  16. KMFL
  17. SWG
  18. January
  19. GTBS
  20. VIBGYOR
  21. AANSAEA
  22. evaporation
  23. Africa
  24. one word holds a list
  25. red
  26. MVEMJSUN
  27. NDUCA
  28. NESW
  29. NPRC
  30. north
  31. WASK
  32. PAISA
  33. indigo
  34. larva
  35. RSLF
  36. ELPA
  37. JFMA
  38. green
  39. CBVAG
  40. BRVFU

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