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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 353 · 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: pencil, anchor, orange, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOWP (b) PAOW (c) WOAP (d) APOW
  2. 2.🔤 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
  3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Venus
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ball, ladder, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULBV (b) BVLU (c) VBLU (d) BLUV
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, parrot, jug, frog, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFJPA (b) PJFUA (c) APJFU (d) PAJFU
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) green (d) violet
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, coconut, shoe, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSPU (b) PSCU (c) CUSP (d) UCSP
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, kite, tent, candle, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKTCL (b) KGTCL (c) LCTKG (d) KTCLG
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) green (d) blue
  32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, nest, watch, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNWC (b) NGWC (c) CWNG (d) NWCG
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, whistle, spoon, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USWP (b) WPSU (c) PWSU (d) WSUP
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa

Answer key

  1. PAOW
  2. RSLF
  3. Southern
  4. south
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. SWG
  7. Mars
  8. larva
  9. ECPC
  10. MVEMJSUN
  11. VIBGYOR
  12. PAISA
  13. VBLU
  14. JFMA
  15. first letters as a word
  16. one word holds a list
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. condensation
  19. APJFU
  20. green
  21. precipitation
  22. NESW
  23. Earth
  24. root
  25. evaporation
  26. what each letter means
  27. UCSP
  28. pupa
  29. GKTCL
  30. Atlantic
  31. violet
  32. east
  33. January
  34. GNWC
  35. Venus
  36. ELPA
  37. Neptune
  38. PWSU
  39. AANSAEA
  40. egg

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