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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 588 · 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: van, jug, candle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJCB (b) JCBV (c) JVCB (d) BCJV
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, guava, key, inkpot, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WIKGU (b) GUKIW (c) UGKIW (d) GKIWU
  3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, glass, rose, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GNRW (b) WRGN (c) NGRW (d) GRWN
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  10. 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, lemon, candle, igloo, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLCIP (b) LCIPM (c) LMCIP (d) PICLM
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, watch, glass, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNGF (b) FGWN (c) NWGF (d) WGFN
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, spoon, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSOP (b) OSGP (c) GPSO (d) PGSO
  16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, parrot, flute, anchor, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFADW (b) WPFAD (c) DAFPW (d) PWFAD
  23. 23.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, coconut, ball, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUBD (b) CBDU (c) UCBD (d) DBCU
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, apple, cat, mango, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASCMJ (b) SACMJ (c) ACMJS (d) JMCAS
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, onion, jug, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOJK (b) ONJK (c) KJON (d) OJKN
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, whistle, guava, kite, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKGWL (b) WGKSL (c) LWGKS (d) WLGKS
  34. 34.🔤 “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
  35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, jalebi, goat, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGMD (b) MGJD (c) JDGM (d) DJGM
  38. 38.🔤 “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
  39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
  40. 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower

Answer key

  1. VJCB
  2. UGKIW
  3. one word holds a list
  4. NGRW
  5. ECPC
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. NESW
  8. Atlantic
  9. adult
  10. saffron
  11. MLCIP
  12. JFMA
  13. NWGF
  14. VIBGYOR
  15. PGSO
  16. the rainbow colours
  17. egg
  18. MVEMJSUN
  19. what each letter means
  20. Saturn
  21. Mercury
  22. WPFAD
  23. west
  24. collection
  25. first letters as a word
  26. east
  27. UCBD
  28. April
  29. SACMJ
  30. NOJK
  31. ELPA
  32. SWG
  33. LWGKS
  34. white
  35. Arctic
  36. RSLF
  37. DJGM
  38. north
  39. stem
  40. leaf

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