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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 331 · 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) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
  3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, drum, guava, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGDM (b) MDGJ (c) DMGJ (d) DGJM
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, onion, fan, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGFK (b) OFKG (c) KFOG (d) GOFK
  7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, lemon, key, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKBA (b) ALKB (c) LAKB (d) BKLA
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Asia
  12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
  13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) yellow (d) blue
  15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) South America
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) violet (d) red
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Europe
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, lamp, key, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKTW (b) LWKT (c) TKLW (d) WLKT
  21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  22. 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  23. 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  25. 25.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, ladder, umpire, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CLUP (b) LUPC (c) PULC (d) LCUP
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, spoon, van, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSVC (b) SOVC (c) CVSO (d) SVCO
  36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, rope, guava, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGRT (b) RTGL (c) TRGL (d) RGLT
  40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury

Answer key

  1. ECPC
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. Pacific
  4. MDGJ
  5. white
  6. GOFK
  7. evaporation
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. ALKB
  10. MVEMJSUN
  11. Asia
  12. east
  13. Earth
  14. blue
  15. Africa
  16. indigo
  17. SWG
  18. RSLF
  19. Australia
  20. WLKT
  21. first letters as a word
  22. what each letter means
  23. one word holds a list
  24. VIBGYOR
  25. AANSAEA
  26. Indian
  27. stem
  28. March
  29. PAISA
  30. Neptune
  31. yellow
  32. pupa
  33. NESW
  34. CLUP
  35. OSVC
  36. condensation
  37. Uranus
  38. JFMA
  39. TRGL
  40. Jupiter

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