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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 500 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
  4. 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, guava, tiger, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTCU (b) CTGU (c) GUTC (d) UGTC
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, needle, banana, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFBS (b) NBSF (c) FNBS (d) SBNF
  11. 11.🔤 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
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ladder, kite, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKJW (b) LWKJ (c) JKLW (d) WLKJ
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, watch, doll, ball, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDBPT (b) WTDBP (c) PBDWT (d) TWDBP
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  18. 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, mango, tiger, spoon, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTSRW (b) RSTMW (c) WMTSR (d) MWTSR
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, fan, mango, lamp, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALMFD (b) DFMLA (c) FDMLA (d) FMLAD
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, cat, watch, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKWR (b) CWRK (c) RWCK (d) KCWR
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, glass, umpire, anchor, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUALT (b) GTUAL (c) LAUGT (d) TGUAL
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, rose, duck, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADRWF (b) FWRDA (c) WFRDA (d) WRDAF
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, owl, tent, apple, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WATOM (b) MOTAW (c) OTAWM (d) OMTAW
  28. 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, sock, lamp, tent, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SALTK (b) ASLTK (c) KTLSA (d) SLTKA
  32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) North America
  33. 33.🔤 “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
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, jeep, tiger, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTMB (b) JBTM (c) BJTM (d) MTJB
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, ant, onion, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOAI (b) AOVI (c) IAOV (d) AIOV
  36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, sock, van, key, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKVSC (b) SVKTC (c) SCVKT (d) CSVKT
  40. 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours

Answer key

  1. MVEMJSUN
  2. what each letter means
  3. indigo
  4. March
  5. Pacific
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. UGTC
  8. one word holds a list
  9. NESW
  10. FNBS
  11. SWG
  12. WLKJ
  13. first letters as a word
  14. TWDBP
  15. west
  16. evaporation
  17. JFMA
  18. white
  19. WMTSR
  20. PAISA
  21. DFMLA
  22. ELPA
  23. KCWR
  24. TGUAL
  25. RSLF
  26. FWRDA
  27. MOTAW
  28. saffron
  29. ECPC
  30. Venus
  31. ASLTK
  32. Australia
  33. green
  34. BJTM
  35. IAOV
  36. east
  37. collection
  38. Neptune
  39. CSVKT
  40. the rainbow colours

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