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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 344 · 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 parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, mirror, kite, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDKB (b) MKBD (c) DMKB (d) BKMD
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) South America
  7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Africa (d) North America
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  10. 10.🔤 “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
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  14. 14.🔤 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
  15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  16. 16.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  17. 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, frog, onion, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIOW (b) IFOW (c) WOFI (d) FOWI
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, mango, doll, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDMA (b) MDVA (c) AMDV (d) MADV
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, candle, sock, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSJF (b) FCSJ (c) CFSJ (d) JSCF
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) indigo
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, jalebi, pillow, fan, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWPFL (b) JPFLW (c) WJPFL (d) LFPJW
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, jalebi, frog, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAFI (b) JFIA (c) IFJA (d) AJFI
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  33. 33.🔤 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
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, anchor, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAGP (b) PGAB (c) GABP (d) GPAB
  35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kite, banana, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBIV (b) VKBI (c) KVBI (d) IBKV
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) violet (d) blue
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, drum, ice cream, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDIJ (b) DMIJ (c) JIDM (d) DIJM
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation

Answer key

  1. RSLF
  2. Neptune
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. DMKB
  5. ELPA
  6. South America
  7. Antarctica
  8. stem
  9. NESW
  10. saffron
  11. Southern
  12. Venus
  13. first letters as a word
  14. AANSAEA
  15. a list in a fixed order
  16. what each letter means
  17. the rainbow colours
  18. April
  19. north
  20. precipitation
  21. IFOW
  22. January
  23. AMDV
  24. FCSJ
  25. green
  26. WJPFL
  27. east
  28. Jupiter
  29. AJFI
  30. PAISA
  31. evaporation
  32. March
  33. SWG
  34. PGAB
  35. adult
  36. VKBI
  37. VIBGYOR
  38. red
  39. MDIJ
  40. collection

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