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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 277 · 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 months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, bucket, rope, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRBL (b) BRML (c) BLRM (d) LBRM
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, apple, duck, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDAS (b) ASDC (c) ADCS (d) SADC
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  11. 11.🔤 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
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, pillow, ice cream, jeep, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIJSM (b) PMIJS (c) MPIJS (d) SJIPM
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, rose, net, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNGL (b) LRNG (c) GNRL (d) RLNG
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
  19. 19.🔤 “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
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, umpire, kettle, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTKO (b) TUKO (c) UKOT (d) OKUT
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  23. 23.🔤 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
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, apple, drum, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BADG (b) ABDG (c) ADGB (d) GDAB
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, drum, owl, key, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKODU (b) DUOKA (c) UDOKA (d) DOKAU
  28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, radio, pillow, umpire, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRPUK (b) KUPRD (c) RDPUK (d) RPUKD
  30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, duck, wallet, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWDR (b) DWSR (c) DRWS (d) RDWS
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, jug, rose, kite, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKRJC (b) JCRKS (c) CJRKS (d) JRKSC
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, needle, ball, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBNS (b) NBGS (c) SNBG (d) NSBG
  34. 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, goat, cat, umpire, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLCUA (b) AUCGL (c) GCUAL (d) LGCUA
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, violin, pencil, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKPU (b) VPUK (c) UPVK (d) KVPU
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, watch, mango, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMWD (b) WMCD (c) WDMC (d) DWMC
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, key, parrot, mirror, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KPMIC (b) CKPMI (c) KCPMI (d) IMPKC

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. first letters as a word
  3. Australia
  4. LBRM
  5. Jupiter
  6. Mercury
  7. one word holds a list
  8. March
  9. SADC
  10. what each letter means
  11. MVEMJSUN
  12. Pacific
  13. MPIJS
  14. LRNG
  15. ELPA
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. egg
  18. SWG
  19. white
  20. TUKO
  21. PAISA
  22. JFMA
  23. VIBGYOR
  24. ECPC
  25. Arctic
  26. BADG
  27. UDOKA
  28. stem
  29. DRPUK
  30. January
  31. RDWS
  32. CJRKS
  33. SNBG
  34. leaf
  35. precipitation
  36. LGCUA
  37. evaporation
  38. KVPU
  39. DWMC
  40. CKPMI

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