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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 535 · 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: goat, lemon, doll, tiger, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTDLG (b) LGDTB (c) LDTBG (d) GLDTB
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, monkey, drum, violin, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDVRB (b) RVDMB (c) MBDVR (d) BMDVR
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  6. 6.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) Australia
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, guava, fan, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDFB (b) BFGD (c) DGFB (d) GFBD
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, igloo, jeep, watch, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDJWT (b) DIJWT (c) TWJID (d) IJWTD
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, sock, umpire, ladder, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCULW (b) SULWC (c) CSULW (d) WLUSC
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  23. 23.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, duck, shoe, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSDU (b) DSFU (c) UDSF (d) DUSF
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, mango, pencil, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPGB (b) MBPG (c) GPMB (d) BMPG
  27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, wallet, net, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANWF (b) WNAF (c) FWNA (d) WFNA
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, anchor, mango, van, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVMAT (b) AMVLT (c) TAMVL (d) ATMVL
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, violin, apple, rose, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VARBT (b) TVARB (c) VTARB (d) BRAVT
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) violet
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, ladder, watch, doll, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLWDM (b) MDWLO (c) LOWDM (d) LWDMO
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, drum, lamp, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLVR (b) VLDR (c) RDLV (d) DRLV
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, goat, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGUC (b) UGDC (c) DCGU (d) CDGU
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, whistle, flute, drum, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPFDG (b) WFDGP (c) PWFDG (d) GDFWP
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, van, jeep, guava, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJGFC (b) FGJVC (c) CVJGF (d) VCJGF
  39. 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April

Answer key

  1. GLDTB
  2. BMDVR
  3. first letters as a word
  4. ECPC
  5. PAISA
  6. MVEMJSUN
  7. Earth
  8. evaporation
  9. Neptune
  10. RSLF
  11. VIBGYOR
  12. Jupiter
  13. what each letter means
  14. ELPA
  15. south
  16. Antarctica
  17. SWG
  18. egg
  19. DGFB
  20. DIJWT
  21. CSULW
  22. root
  23. west
  24. one word holds a list
  25. UDSF
  26. BMPG
  27. Indian
  28. FWNA
  29. TAMVL
  30. TVARB
  31. red
  32. OLWDM
  33. RDLV
  34. CDGU
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. PWFDG
  37. Uranus
  38. CVJGF
  39. north
  40. January

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