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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 287 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  2. 2.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  3. 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  4. 4.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  7. 7.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, jug, parrot, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPJV (b) VJPF (c) JVPF (d) JPFV
  14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  16. 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, mango, jeep, parrot, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APJML (b) MJPAL (c) LMJPA (d) MLJPA
  19. 19.🔤 “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
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, umbrella, guava, coconut, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCGUV (b) VUGCB (c) UVGCB (d) UGCBV
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.🔤 “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
  24. 24.🔤 “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
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, banana, ice cream, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIBV (b) BITV (c) BVIT (d) VBIT
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, ant, needle, doll, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDNAI (b) AINDT (c) IANDT (d) ANDTI
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, orange, rope, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPRD (b) ORDP (c) PORD (d) DROP
  30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, ice cream, orange, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOIL (b) IOSL (c) LIOS (d) ILOS
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, urn, vase, lamp, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPVLI (b) PUVLI (c) ILVUP (d) UVLIP
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, violin, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSFG (b) VFGS (c) GFVS (d) SVFG
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  37. 37.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) violet (d) green
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, ball, mango, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMBK (b) BKMC (c) BMCK (d) KBMC

Answer key

  1. west
  2. collection
  3. condensation
  4. evaporation
  5. green
  6. JFMA
  7. AANSAEA
  8. what each letter means
  9. Atlantic
  10. Pacific
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. VJPF
  14. north
  15. PAISA
  16. March
  17. April
  18. LMJPA
  19. larva
  20. VUGCB
  21. NESW
  22. white
  23. flower
  24. root
  25. VBIT
  26. IANDT
  27. first letters as a word
  28. Southern
  29. PORD
  30. saffron
  31. ELPA
  32. precipitation
  33. LIOS
  34. PUVLI
  35. SVFG
  36. MVEMJSUN
  37. one word holds a list
  38. violet
  39. Indian
  40. KBMC

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