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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 586 · 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 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mars
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, net, watch, rose, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVWRL (b) LRWNV (c) NWRLV (d) VNWRL
  3. 3.🔤 “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
  4. 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, anchor, van, ball, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAVBD (b) AJVBD (c) DBVAJ (d) AVBDJ
  6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  7. 7.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) North America (d) Europe
  9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
  12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, glass, jeep, mirror, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSJMR (b) RMJGS (c) GJMRS (d) SGJMR
  17. 17.🔤 “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
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, fan, jeep, cat, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFJCO (b) FJCOP (c) FPJCO (d) OCJFP
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, whistle, nest, pencil, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNPIT (b) WTNPI (c) TWNPI (d) IPNWT
  25. 25.🔤 “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
  26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, radio, duck, spoon, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBDSV (b) BRDSV (c) VSDRB (d) RDSVB
  29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, kite, vase, nest, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVNOC (b) KCVNO (c) ONVKC (d) CKVNO
  31. 31.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  32. 32.🔤 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
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, onion, nest, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VNOC (b) CONV (c) OCNV (d) ONVC
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, parrot, umpire, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGUF (b) FUPG (c) GPUF (d) PUFG
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg

Answer key

  1. Mars
  2. VNWRL
  3. root
  4. saffron
  5. JAVBD
  6. Earth
  7. first letters as a word
  8. Europe
  9. orange
  10. Jupiter
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. egg
  13. one word holds a list
  14. AANSAEA
  15. NESW
  16. SGJMR
  17. west
  18. JFMA
  19. Neptune
  20. PFJCO
  21. east
  22. ELPA
  23. Saturn
  24. TWNPI
  25. south
  26. north
  27. RSLF
  28. BRDSV
  29. February
  30. CKVNO
  31. a list in a fixed order
  32. MVEMJSUN
  33. CONV
  34. VIBGYOR
  35. ECPC
  36. January
  37. GPUF
  38. green
  39. red
  40. larva

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