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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 397 · 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) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  4. 4.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) green (d) violet
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, apple, nest, kettle, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANKCO (b) OANKC (c) CKNAO (d) AONKC
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, orange, coconut, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCOL (b) OCJL (c) OLCJ (d) LOCJ
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, apple, violin, fan, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAVFI (b) IFVAC (c) AVFIC (d) ACVFI
  11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, jug, vase, onion, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COVJA (b) JAVOC (c) AJVOC (d) JVOCA
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  18. 18.🔤 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
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, anchor, kite, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKFG (b) AGKF (c) GAKF (d) FKAG
  21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  25. 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
  26. 26.🔤 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
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, mango, duck, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDOR (b) ODMR (c) RMDO (d) MRDO
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Australia
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, cat, parrot, umpire, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCPUR (b) RUPCN (c) CPURN (d) CNPUR
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, flute, goat, parrot, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBGPC (b) FGPCB (c) BFGPC (d) CPGFB
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, van, nest, radio, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUNRK (b) KRNVU (c) UVNRK (d) VNRKU
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, kettle, needle, candle, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCNKT (b) KTNCU (c) KNCUT (d) TKNCU
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, net, coconut, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NACD (b) ANCD (c) NCDA (d) DCNA
  36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, ant, ice cream, wallet, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FWIAN (b) ANIWF (c) AIWFN (d) NAIWF
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, banana, owl, tiger, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTOBM (b) MBOTG (c) BOTGM (d) BMOTG

Answer key

  1. Indian
  2. Arctic
  3. Uranus
  4. one word holds a list
  5. what each letter means
  6. violet
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. OANKC
  9. LOCJ
  10. CAVFI
  11. pupa
  12. AJVOC
  13. February
  14. VIBGYOR
  15. stem
  16. blue
  17. root
  18. MVEMJSUN
  19. green
  20. GAKF
  21. first letters as a word
  22. South America
  23. AANSAEA
  24. ECPC
  25. a list in a fixed order
  26. ELPA
  27. RMDO
  28. Antarctica
  29. indigo
  30. NCPUR
  31. BFGPC
  32. Mars
  33. UVNRK
  34. TKNCU
  35. ANCD
  36. egg
  37. adult
  38. flower
  39. NAIWF
  40. MBOTG

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