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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 305 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, jug, mirror, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMFU (b) UJMF (c) JUMF (d) FMJU
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, guava, mirror, needle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMNAB (b) ANMGB (c) BGMNA (d) GBMNA
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, goat, lemon, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULGS (b) SGLU (c) GSLU (d) GLUS
  4. 4.🔤 “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
  5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  6. 6.🔤 “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
  7. 7.🔤 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
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, monkey, ice cream, cat, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMICW (b) WCIMV (c) MVICW (d) MICWV
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Europe
  11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, anchor, tent, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVTK (b) KTAV (c) ATKV (d) VATK
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) North America (d) South America
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  21. 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, bucket, vase, umpire, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVUGJ (b) BJVUG (c) JBVUG (d) GUVBJ
  24. 24.🔤 “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
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, duck, coconut, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCDG (b) DGCL (c) GDCL (d) DCLG
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, orange, rope, glass, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORGCW (b) CGROW (c) WORGC (d) OWRGC
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, umbrella, drum, ice cream, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDIPM (b) UMDIP (c) MUDIP (d) PIDUM
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, pillow, kite, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPKT (b) PKTM (c) TKPM (d) PMKT
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, net, kite, mirror, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMKNL (b) NLKMS (c) LNKMS (d) NKMSL
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, doll, jalebi, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDJI (b) IJDG (c) DJIG (d) DGJI
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, monkey, shoe, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUMSG (b) GSMUB (c) UMSGB (d) UBMSG
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, shoe, apple, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFAU (b) UASF (c) SAUF (d) FSAU
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, candle, net, pillow, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPNCS (b) CSNPM (c) CNPMS (d) SCNPM
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV

Answer key

  1. UJMF
  2. BGMNA
  3. SGLU
  4. evaporation
  5. a list in a fixed order
  6. white
  7. SWG
  8. VMICW
  9. one word holds a list
  10. Africa
  11. stem
  12. yellow
  13. VATK
  14. first letters as a word
  15. north
  16. ELPA
  17. precipitation
  18. red
  19. Australia
  20. ECPC
  21. leaf
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. JBVUG
  24. flower
  25. Pacific
  26. AANSAEA
  27. GDCL
  28. Venus
  29. what each letter means
  30. WORGC
  31. February
  32. MUDIP
  33. MPKT
  34. MVEMJSUN
  35. LNKMS
  36. GDJI
  37. BUMSG
  38. FSAU
  39. SCNPM
  40. VIBGYOR

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