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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 629 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, sock, wallet, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSWI (b) SKWI (c) SWIK (d) IWSK
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, fan, tiger, net, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFTNW (b) FBTNW (c) WNTFB (d) FTNWB
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, sock, candle, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSCJ (b) JCSO (c) SCJO (d) SOCJ
  9. 9.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
  11. 11.🔤 “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
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  13. 13.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) violet (d) blue
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, drum, glass, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFGB (b) DGBF (c) FDGB (d) BGDF
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  16. 16.🔤 “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
  17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  22. 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, van, watch, cat, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWCAF (b) ACWVF (c) FVWCA (d) VFWCA
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, orange, mirror, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMOF (b) OMDF (c) OFMD (d) FOMD
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, needle, cat, tomato, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCTWV (b) NVCTW (c) VNCTW (d) WTCNV
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lemon, ball, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBNC (b) LCBN (c) NBLC (d) CLBN
  31. 31.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, sock, igloo, jug, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASIJG (b) SAIJG (c) GJISA (d) SIJGA
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, rose, net, frog, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RANFV (b) ARNFV (c) VFNRA (d) RNFVA
  35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, pillow, umpire, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUAI (b) AUPI (c) IPUA (d) PIUA
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, onion, mango, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMBF (b) OFMB (c) FOMB (d) BMOF
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, mango, orange, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOMT (b) TMOA (c) MOAT (d) MTOA
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east

Answer key

  1. what each letter means
  2. Mars
  3. KSWI
  4. BFTNW
  5. Jupiter
  6. condensation
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. OSCJ
  9. MVEMJSUN
  10. PAISA
  11. white
  12. Earth
  13. violet
  14. FDGB
  15. ELPA
  16. adult
  17. Atlantic
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. green
  20. February
  21. evaporation
  22. first letters as a word
  23. FVWCA
  24. FOMD
  25. SWG
  26. RSLF
  27. precipitation
  28. AANSAEA
  29. VNCTW
  30. CLBN
  31. one word holds a list
  32. Neptune
  33. ASIJG
  34. ARNFV
  35. April
  36. VIBGYOR
  37. IPUA
  38. FOMB
  39. TMOA
  40. north

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