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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 374 · 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.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Africa (d) North America
  4. 4.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  10. 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
  12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Europe
  13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  14. 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) violet (d) indigo
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, orange, urn, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOUF (b) FUOI (c) OIUF (d) OUFI
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, kettle, tomato, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKTS (b) STKA (c) KTSA (d) KATS
  21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) yellow (d) violet
  22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, umbrella, coconut, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCUF (b) UCGF (c) UFCG (d) FUCG
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, frog, jug, tent, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFJTK (b) FGJTK (c) FJTKG (d) KTJFG
  26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, ant, jug, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAJT (b) AJTP (c) TJAP (d) APJT
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, apple, umbrella, mango, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUMBO (b) BMUAO (c) OAUMB (d) AOUMB
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, kettle, parrot, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPKM (b) KPBM (c) KMPB (d) MKPB
  31. 31.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, coconut, onion, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COTP (b) TOCP (c) CPOT (d) PCOT
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, whistle, rope, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDRM (b) DWRM (c) MRWD (d) WRMD
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, monkey, anchor, fan, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFAMJ (b) MJAFK (c) JMAFK (d) MAFKJ
  37. 37.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) indigo
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, tent, net, lamp, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLNTW (b) TWNLK (c) WTNLK (d) TNLKW
  40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) Africa

Answer key

  1. Indian
  2. first letters as a word
  3. North America
  4. precipitation
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. south
  7. Atlantic
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. RSLF
  10. saffron
  11. PAISA
  12. Australia
  13. egg
  14. leaf
  15. blue
  16. one word holds a list
  17. IOUF
  18. Saturn
  19. ECPC
  20. AKTS
  21. yellow
  22. north
  23. Southern
  24. FUCG
  25. GFJTK
  26. Antarctica
  27. PAJT
  28. NESW
  29. OAUMB
  30. MKPB
  31. what each letter means
  32. PCOT
  33. VIBGYOR
  34. Uranus
  35. DWRM
  36. JMAFK
  37. the rainbow colours
  38. green
  39. WTNLK
  40. Asia

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