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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 429 · 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 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, anchor, ball, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKBJ (b) KABJ (c) JBAK (d) ABJK
  3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, onion, needle, parrot, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPNOB (b) OBNPL (c) ONPLB (d) BONPL
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, nest, sock, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGSL (b) GNSL (c) NSLG (d) LSNG
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
  10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, fan, banana, igloo, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFBIG (b) FABIG (c) GIBFA (d) FBIGA
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  16. 16.🔤 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
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, apple, inkpot, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABIP (b) AIPB (c) PIAB (d) BAIP
  21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) South America (d) Africa
  22. 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  24. 24.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, needle, drum, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWDF (b) NDFW (c) WNDF (d) FDNW
  28. 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, frog, doll, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDBO (b) OFDB (c) BDFO (d) FODB
  30. 30.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, whistle, violin, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDVJ (b) JVWD (c) WVJD (d) DWVJ
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, watch, apple, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAWV (b) WVAD (c) WADV (d) VWAD
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, umbrella, igloo, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAIC (b) UICA (c) CIUA (d) AUIC
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, owl, duck, kettle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AODKR (b) ODKRA (c) RKDOA (d) OADKR

Answer key

  1. Neptune
  2. KABJ
  3. a list in a fixed order
  4. BONPL
  5. GNSL
  6. collection
  7. north
  8. Asia
  9. leaf
  10. east
  11. AFBIG
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. ECPC
  15. January
  16. VIBGYOR
  17. February
  18. Australia
  19. green
  20. BAIP
  21. Africa
  22. first letters as a word
  23. NESW
  24. Southern
  25. JFMA
  26. ELPA
  27. WNDF
  28. what each letter means
  29. OFDB
  30. one word holds a list
  31. DWVJ
  32. VWAD
  33. evaporation
  34. SWG
  35. precipitation
  36. west
  37. Atlantic
  38. RSLF
  39. AUIC
  40. AODKR

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