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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 517 · 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: ball, orange, anchor, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAOB (b) OADB (c) OBAD (d) BOAD
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
  5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Africa
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, banana, shoe, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSWV (b) WSBV (c) VBSW (d) BVSW
  7. 7.🔤 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
  8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) yellow
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, tent, watch, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVWL (b) VTWL (c) LWTV (d) TWLV
  11. 11.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, fan, rope, ant, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMRAL (b) FRALM (c) MFRAL (d) LARFM
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  20. 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  21. 21.🔤 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
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, kite, shoe, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKSN (b) NSKJ (c) KSNJ (d) KJSN
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, mango, net, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNML (b) MLNP (c) LMNP (d) MNPL
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, lamp, spoon, tomato, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRSTB (b) RLSTB (c) BTSLR (d) LSTBR
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, duck, wallet, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWVI (b) VWDI (c) IDWV (d) DIWV
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, duck, lamp, wallet, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODLWI (b) DLWIO (c) DOLWI (d) IWLDO
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) indigo
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, orange, rope, banana, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSRBD (b) SORBD (c) DBROS (d) ORBDS
  36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, guava, tent, ant, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMTAN (b) GTANM (c) MGTAN (d) NATGM
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  39. 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south

Answer key

  1. BOAD
  2. ELPA
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. PAISA
  5. Australia
  6. VBSW
  7. SWG
  8. north
  9. red
  10. VTWL
  11. stem
  12. Venus
  13. MFRAL
  14. JFMA
  15. a list in a fixed order
  16. one word holds a list
  17. collection
  18. larva
  19. what each letter means
  20. first letters as a word
  21. RSLF
  22. saffron
  23. white
  24. blue
  25. adult
  26. Earth
  27. JKSN
  28. LMNP
  29. Arctic
  30. RLSTB
  31. NESW
  32. IDWV
  33. ODLWI
  34. orange
  35. SORBD
  36. February
  37. MGTAN
  38. Southern
  39. January
  40. west

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