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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 518 · 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: shoe, monkey, rose, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRMS (b) MRWS (c) SMRW (d) MSRW
  2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECCP
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Asia
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  12. 12.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, lemon, tiger, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVTC (b) LTCV (c) VLTC (d) CTLV
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, onion, fan, umpire, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFUTI (b) TUFOI (c) OIFUT (d) IOFUT
  15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) indigo
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, tomato, flute, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLFD (b) DFTL (c) LTFD (d) TFDL
  21. 21.🔤 “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
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, pencil, lemon, tomato, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STLPV (b) VPLTS (c) PVLTS (d) PLTSV
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, pencil, spoon, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSJN (b) PNSJ (c) JSPN (d) NPSJ
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, ball, umbrella, spoon, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSUBJ (b) BUSPJ (c) JBUSP (d) BJUSP
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mars
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jug, doll, rose, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSDRA (b) SJDRA (c) JDRAS (d) ARDJS
  29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, owl, ladder, mango, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOLMT (b) OJLMT (c) OLMTJ (d) TMLOJ
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tiger, guava, jug, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTGJR (b) TGJRP (c) RJGTP (d) TPGJR
  35. 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, ant, umbrella, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAUD (b) AUDT (c) DUAT (d) ATUD
  38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, orange, kettle, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKOB (b) OBKN (c) OKNB (d) BOKN
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) green

Answer key

  1. SMRW
  2. egg
  3. ECPC
  4. Europe
  5. one word holds a list
  6. Indian
  7. east
  8. SWG
  9. Neptune
  10. RSLF
  11. what each letter means
  12. AANSAEA
  13. VLTC
  14. IOFUT
  15. January
  16. the rainbow colours
  17. NESW
  18. Saturn
  19. indigo
  20. LTFD
  21. white
  22. green
  23. VPLTS
  24. NPSJ
  25. orange
  26. JBUSP
  27. Mars
  28. SJDRA
  29. first letters as a word
  30. Mercury
  31. JOLMT
  32. JFMA
  33. west
  34. PTGJR
  35. south
  36. Jupiter
  37. TAUD
  38. evaporation
  39. BOKN
  40. yellow

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