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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 502 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, anchor, owl, umbrella, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KUOAW (b) AOUKW (c) WAOUK (d) AWOUK
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, bucket, inkpot, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBIT (b) TIBP (c) BPIT (d) BITP
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, kite, mirror, shoe, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSMKI (b) KMSCI (c) IKMSC (d) KIMSC
  8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
  10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, umpire, lemon, coconut, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICLUD (b) DULCI (c) UDLCI (d) ULCID
  12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, spoon, urn, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSUC (b) SMUC (c) CUSM (d) SUCM
  14. 14.🔤 “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
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, cat, owl, banana, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCOBT (b) CFOBT (c) COBTF (d) TBOCF
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, goat, doll, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDGP (b) GPDF (c) GDFP (d) PGDF
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, tent, owl, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVOR (b) TORV (c) VTOR (d) ROTV
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, tent, cat, violin, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCVRF (b) FTCVR (c) TFCVR (d) RVCTF
  23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, doll, mirror, violin, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDMVS (b) DKMVS (c) SVMDK (d) DMVSK
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, apple, frog, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFAS (b) ASFJ (c) AFJS (d) SAFJ
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, rope, apple, duck, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDARO (b) ORADM (c) RADMO (d) ROADM
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, nest, drum, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDNI (b) NIDS (c) INDS (d) NDSI
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Asia
  38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Asia (d) North America
  39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars

Answer key

  1. WAOUK
  2. JFMA
  3. a list in a fixed order
  4. Jupiter
  5. what each letter means
  6. PBIT
  7. IKMSC
  8. precipitation
  9. SWG
  10. the rainbow colours
  11. DULCI
  12. red
  13. MSUC
  14. white
  15. pupa
  16. first letters as a word
  17. FCOBT
  18. PGDF
  19. one word holds a list
  20. RSLF
  21. VTOR
  22. FTCVR
  23. Pacific
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. Indian
  26. ECPC
  27. KDMVS
  28. VIBGYOR
  29. SAFJ
  30. PAISA
  31. ORADM
  32. January
  33. ELPA
  34. NESW
  35. INDS
  36. Mercury
  37. South America
  38. Africa
  39. condensation
  40. Neptune

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