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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 421 · 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.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kettle, tomato, ball, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KUTBO (b) UKTBO (c) KTBOU (d) OBTKU
  4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  7. 7.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  9. 9.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, kettle, tomato, ball, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTBMR (b) RKTBM (c) MBTKR (d) KRTBM
  11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, frog, monkey, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, inkpot, kettle, jug, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJKIA (b) AIKJS (c) IKJSA (d) IAKJS
  14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  15. 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) green
  17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) yellow (d) violet
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, violin, owl, kettle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOKMD (b) VDOKM (c) MKOVD (d) DVOKM
  20. 20.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, pencil, van, mirror, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVMAS (b) AMVPS (c) SPVMA (d) PSVMA
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  26. 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) Asia
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, duck, vase, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDVG (b) GVDT (c) DTVG (d) DVGT
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, lamp, jeep, needle, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJNOT (b) LTJNO (c) ONJLT (d) TLJNO
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
  35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, fan, ice cream, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFIO (b) OIFP (c) FIOP (d) FPIO
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ant, duck, tent, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTDAK (b) AKDTU (c) ADTUK (d) KADTU
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, kettle, duck, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDRO (b) KODR (c) RDKO (d) OKDR

Answer key

  1. leaf
  2. flower
  3. UKTBO
  4. a list in a fixed order
  5. JFMA
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. saffron
  9. collection
  10. RKTBM
  11. root
  12. JFMA
  13. AIKJS
  14. one word holds a list
  15. what each letter means
  16. green
  17. indigo
  18. Neptune
  19. DVOKM
  20. green
  21. SPVMA
  22. RSLF
  23. AANSAEA
  24. Saturn
  25. ECPC
  26. first letters as a word
  27. north
  28. Australia
  29. ELPA
  30. March
  31. condensation
  32. TDVG
  33. TLJNO
  34. SWG
  35. February
  36. VIBGYOR
  37. precipitation
  38. PFIO
  39. KADTU
  40. OKDR

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