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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 413 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  4. 4.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Australia
  10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, pillow, sock, bucket, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APSBK (b) PASBK (c) KBSPA (d) PSBKA
  12. 12.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, lamp, banana, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBRF (b) LFBR (c) RBLF (d) FLBR
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, sock, candle, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCSG (b) GSCN (c) SGCN (d) SCNG
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  20. 20.🔤 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
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) indigo (d) violet
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, rope, coconut, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCRF (b) RFCV (c) RCVF (d) FRCV
  25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, net, rose, ice cream, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRIVO (b) NORIV (c) VIRNO (d) ONRIV
  27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) Africa
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, banana, sock, mango, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMSBC (b) BCSMT (c) BSMTC (d) CBSMT
  30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, sock, fan, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFSO (b) SFNO (c) SOFN (d) OSFN
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, van, tent, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTVM (b) VMTC (c) MVTC (d) VTCM
  36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, kite, wallet, rose, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBWRU (b) URWKB (c) KWRUB (d) BKWRU
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, radio, ball, vase, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URBVG (b) RUBVG (c) GVBRU (d) RBVGU
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg

Answer key

  1. Earth
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. AANSAEA
  4. MVEMJSUN
  5. one word holds a list
  6. Southern
  7. Jupiter
  8. PAISA
  9. North America
  10. precipitation
  11. APSBK
  12. what each letter means
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. SWG
  15. VIBGYOR
  16. FLBR
  17. GSCN
  18. first letters as a word
  19. ELPA
  20. ECPC
  21. Saturn
  22. stem
  23. violet
  24. FRCV
  25. white
  26. ONRIV
  27. Asia
  28. February
  29. CBSMT
  30. condensation
  31. evaporation
  32. OSFN
  33. January
  34. NESW
  35. MVTC
  36. west
  37. RSLF
  38. BKWRU
  39. URBVG
  40. larva

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