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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 580 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  5. 5.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, banana, anchor, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBAS (b) BASK (c) BKAS (d) SABK
  9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) violet (d) orange
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  14. 14.🔤 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
  15. 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  18. 18.🔤 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
  19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) yellow
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, urn, doll, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USDJ (b) JDUS (c) SUDJ (d) UDJS
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, pencil, ice cream, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIPO (b) PILO (c) POIL (d) OPIL
  27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) violet (d) red
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, mirror, rope, net, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONRMU (b) MRNOU (c) MURNO (d) UMRNO
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, kettle, pillow, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKPN (b) NPKB (c) KBPN (d) KPNB
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Africa
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, glass, kite, owl, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOKGD (b) GKOSD (c) DGKOS (d) GDKOS
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, mango, rope, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTRV (b) TMRV (c) VRMT (d) MRVT
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, monkey, needle, tomato, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMNTD (b) MJNTD (c) DTNMJ (d) MNTDJ
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa

Answer key

  1. green
  2. PAISA
  3. Saturn
  4. Pacific
  5. white
  6. precipitation
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. KBAS
  9. January
  10. Arctic
  11. violet
  12. one word holds a list
  13. collection
  14. ECPC
  15. what each letter means
  16. JFMA
  17. first letters as a word
  18. SWG
  19. east
  20. stem
  21. Southern
  22. Antarctica
  23. Neptune
  24. yellow
  25. SUDJ
  26. OPIL
  27. red
  28. egg
  29. larva
  30. UMRNO
  31. NESW
  32. VIBGYOR
  33. BKPN
  34. pupa
  35. Africa
  36. DGKOS
  37. TMRV
  38. JMNTD
  39. green
  40. adult

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