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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 430 · 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) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  10. 10.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) indigo (d) yellow
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  15. 15.🔤 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
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  17. 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, apple, shoe, whistle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASWUF (b) AFSWU (c) FASWU (d) UWSAF
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) blue (d) green
  26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, coconut, van, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVJR (b) JVCR (c) CRVJ (d) RCVJ
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
  30. 30.🔤 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
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, fan, onion, glass, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPOGW (b) FOGWP (c) WGOFP (d) PFOGW
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, doll, guava, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGDF (b) FDGM (c) DGMF (d) DFGM
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, net, duck, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDNP (b) PNDT (c) NDTP (d) NPDT
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, tiger, coconut, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTCF (b) TLCF (c) FCTL (d) TCFL
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, candle, monkey, umpire, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CMUND (b) NUMCD (c) DCMUN (d) CDMUN
  39. 39.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Africa

Answer key

  1. Neptune
  2. what each letter means
  3. green
  4. first letters as a word
  5. April
  6. March
  7. condensation
  8. the rainbow colours
  9. AANSAEA
  10. MVEMJSUN
  11. indigo
  12. PAISA
  13. VIBGYOR
  14. Arctic
  15. ECPC
  16. yellow
  17. west
  18. FASWU
  19. Southern
  20. blue
  21. ELPA
  22. white
  23. Jupiter
  24. one word holds a list
  25. green
  26. January
  27. RCVJ
  28. precipitation
  29. violet
  30. RSLF
  31. PFOGW
  32. February
  33. FDGM
  34. pupa
  35. PNDT
  36. SWG
  37. LTCF
  38. DCMUN
  39. a list in a fixed order
  40. Asia

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