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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 297 · 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.🔤 “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
  2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ladder, jalebi, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJLW (b) LWJC (c) LJCW (d) WLJC
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, nest, orange, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNOK (b) NOKJ (c) KONJ (d) NJOK
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, drum, radio, orange, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DROSV (b) VDROS (c) DVROS (d) SORDV
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, rose, watch, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWRB (b) RWIB (c) BRWI (d) RBWI
  11. 11.🔤 “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
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
  14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  16. 16.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) North America (d) Europe
  19. 19.🔤 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
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, tiger, rope, pillow, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATRPL (b) TARPL (c) TRPLA (d) LPRTA
  21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, inkpot, tomato, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RITV (b) VTIR (c) IRTV (d) ITVR
  23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  24. 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  29. 29.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Asia
  31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Venus
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Africa
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, monkey, pillow, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPAD (b) APMD (c) MDPA (d) DMPA
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, tiger, onion, jug, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAOJK (b) TOJKA (c) ATOJK (d) KJOTA
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, needle, umbrella, orange, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCUOJ (b) CNUOJ (c) NUOJC (d) JOUNC
  38. 38.🔤 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
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue

Answer key

  1. saffron
  2. a list in a fixed order
  3. green
  4. WLJC
  5. one word holds a list
  6. collection
  7. JNOK
  8. Saturn
  9. VDROS
  10. BRWI
  11. evaporation
  12. Atlantic
  13. January
  14. April
  15. PAISA
  16. MVEMJSUN
  17. SWG
  18. Europe
  19. RSLF
  20. ATRPL
  21. what each letter means
  22. RITV
  23. egg
  24. first letters as a word
  25. flower
  26. JFMA
  27. larva
  28. precipitation
  29. the rainbow colours
  30. Asia
  31. Jupiter
  32. Arctic
  33. red
  34. Africa
  35. DMPA
  36. ATOJK
  37. CNUOJ
  38. ECPC
  39. ELPA
  40. blue

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