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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 550 · 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: umbrella, pencil, kite, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUKS (b) PKSU (c) SKPU (d) UPKS
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  7. 7.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, radio, bucket, jeep, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJBRK (b) RKBJD (c) KRBJD (d) RBJDK
  11. 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pillow, jeep, spoon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJSTW (b) TSJPW (c) PWJST (d) WPJST
  13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, onion, monkey, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMOJ (b) OJMS (c) JOMS (d) OMSJ
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) red (d) yellow
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, watch, jalebi, drum, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODJWF (b) WJDOF (c) FWJDO (d) WFJDO
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, frog, pencil, rope, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCPRG (b) FPRGC (c) CFPRG (d) GRPFC
  23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  24. 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, umbrella, parrot, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPDF (b) DPUF (c) UFPD (d) FUPD
  26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, radio, shoe, ball, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSBGF (b) FRSBG (c) RFSBG (d) GBSRF
  35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  39. 39.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, apple, sock, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WASF (b) FSAW (c) ASFW (d) AWSF

Answer key

  1. UPKS
  2. white
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. east
  5. green
  6. what each letter means
  7. AANSAEA
  8. one word holds a list
  9. ECPC
  10. KRBJD
  11. north
  12. WPJST
  13. south
  14. JOMS
  15. yellow
  16. Mercury
  17. FWJDO
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. ELPA
  20. JFMA
  21. MVEMJSUN
  22. CFPRG
  23. pupa
  24. first letters as a word
  25. FUPD
  26. stem
  27. RSLF
  28. Jupiter
  29. evaporation
  30. flower
  31. Southern
  32. Uranus
  33. Mars
  34. FRSBG
  35. February
  36. larva
  37. Pacific
  38. Neptune
  39. collection
  40. WASF

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