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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 304 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  3. 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, umpire, jalebi, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJUG (b) UGJW (c) UJWG (d) GUJW
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  8. 8.🔤 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
  9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  12. 12.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ladder, van, monkey, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOVMK (b) KMVLO (c) LVMKO (d) OLVMK
  15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  18. 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  20. 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  23. 23.🔤 “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
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, radio, lemon, ice cream, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLIAM (b) RMLIA (c) MRLIA (d) AILRM
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Europe
  26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, urn, needle, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNCS (b) CNUS (c) SUNC (d) USNC
  28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) red
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, sock, glass, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKGC (b) KSGC (c) SGCK (d) CGSK
  30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) violet (d) red
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, kite, flute, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFNW (b) WKFN (c) NFKW (d) KWFN
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, tiger, kettle, mirror, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKMSU (b) TUKMS (c) UTKMS (d) SMKTU
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, monkey, kettle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMKD (b) DKMP (c) MPKD (d) MKDP
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, jug, duck, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKDO (b) KJDO (c) JDOK (d) ODJK
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north

Answer key

  1. ECPC
  2. Venus
  3. pupa
  4. GUJW
  5. saffron
  6. adult
  7. what each letter means
  8. ELPA
  9. the rainbow colours
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. Southern
  12. root
  13. blue
  14. OLVMK
  15. one word holds a list
  16. north
  17. April
  18. east
  19. flower
  20. first letters as a word
  21. collection
  22. larva
  23. white
  24. MRLIA
  25. Asia
  26. south
  27. SUNC
  28. indigo
  29. KSGC
  30. green
  31. SWG
  32. March
  33. WKFN
  34. UTKMS
  35. PMKD
  36. stem
  37. precipitation
  38. JFMA
  39. KJDO
  40. west

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