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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 557 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, rose, jalebi, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRJA (b) AJRI (c) RIJA (d) RJAI
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, lamp, pencil, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPRN (b) RPLN (c) LNPR (d) NLPR
  6. 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Antarctica
  10. 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, lamp, pencil, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLPF (b) LNPF (c) FPLN (d) LPFN
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  16. 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, urn, inkpot, parrot, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIPFO (b) FPIUO (c) OUIPF (d) UOIPF
  18. 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, ant, monkey, key, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATMKB (b) AMKBT (c) TAMKB (d) BKMAT
  24. 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  25. 25.🔤 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
  26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
  28. 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, inkpot, glass, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUGD (b) IGDU (c) DGIU (d) UIGD
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, glass, fan, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFVC (b) CGFV (c) VFGC (d) GCFV
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, radio, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRSB (b) SBRD (c) SRDB (d) BSRD
  34. 34.🔤 “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
  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.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, candle, tomato, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTKD (b) DCTK (c) CDTK (d) KTCD
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  38. 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) South America
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, pillow, sock, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSDV (b) VPSD (c) DSPV (d) PVSD

Answer key

  1. Venus
  2. IRJA
  3. SWG
  4. what each letter means
  5. NLPR
  6. leaf
  7. condensation
  8. ELPA
  9. North America
  10. adult
  11. Saturn
  12. NLPF
  13. first letters as a word
  14. VIBGYOR
  15. precipitation
  16. egg
  17. OUIPF
  18. west
  19. the rainbow colours
  20. January
  21. Pacific
  22. JFMA
  23. TAMKB
  24. a list in a fixed order
  25. MVEMJSUN
  26. stem
  27. AANSAEA
  28. one word holds a list
  29. UIGD
  30. Arctic
  31. Antarctica
  32. CGFV
  33. BSRD
  34. white
  35. February
  36. DCTK
  37. collection
  38. north
  39. Africa
  40. VPSD

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