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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 540 · 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: doll, umpire, jalebi, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDJF (b) UJFD (c) FJUD (d) DUJF
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) South America
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, fan, anchor, coconut, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFACI (b) FACIU (c) ICAFU (d) FUACI
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, nest, jeep, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJNR (b) RNJG (c) NRJG (d) NJGR
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, wallet, apple, onion, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWAOL (b) WCAOL (c) LOAWC (d) WAOLC
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) indigo (d) violet
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, frog, tiger, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITFC (b) FTIC (c) FCTI (d) CFTI
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, rose, kite, wallet, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTKWO (b) OWKRT (c) RKWOT (d) TRKWO
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Europe
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, jalebi, lemon, pencil, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JULPB (b) BPLJU (c) JLPBU (d) UJLPB
  25. 25.🔤 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
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, rose, duck, apple, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVDAF (b) FADRV (c) RDAFV (d) VRDAF
  28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) indigo (d) orange
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) red (d) green
  30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  32. 32.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  38. 38.🔤 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
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Africa
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, net, sock, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPSK (b) PNSK (c) KSNP (d) NSKP

Answer key

  1. DUJF
  2. saffron
  3. April
  4. MVEMJSUN
  5. larva
  6. first letters as a word
  7. Asia
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. UFACI
  10. RNJG
  11. CWAOL
  12. ELPA
  13. indigo
  14. NESW
  15. egg
  16. CFTI
  17. SWG
  18. TRKWO
  19. stem
  20. AANSAEA
  21. what each letter means
  22. collection
  23. Africa
  24. UJLPB
  25. RSLF
  26. one word holds a list
  27. VRDAF
  28. orange
  29. green
  30. condensation
  31. PAISA
  32. the rainbow colours
  33. Venus
  34. north
  35. Neptune
  36. precipitation
  37. Pacific
  38. ECPC
  39. Europe
  40. PNSK

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