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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 643 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  2. 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Antarctica
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, igloo, banana, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBIW (b) WIBJ (c) IBJW (d) IWBJ
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, radio, jug, duck, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUJDI (b) URJDI (c) IDJRU (d) RJDIU
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, tiger, glass, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGFJ (b) JTGF (c) FGTJ (d) TJGF
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) green
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, watch, rope, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WURC (b) CRWU (c) UWRC (d) WRCU
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, tiger, frog, candle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFCRJ (b) RCFTJ (c) TJFCR (d) JTFCR
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, ice cream, needle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILNB (b) BNIL (c) INBL (d) LINB
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) red (d) indigo
  22. 22.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  23. 23.🔤 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
  24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
  29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, coconut, shoe, net, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDSNU (b) UNSCD (c) CSNUD (d) DCSNU
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, doll, jalebi, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBJC (b) DJCB (c) BDJC (d) CJDB
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, mango, rope, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSRK (b) KRMS (c) MRKS (d) SMRK
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, pillow, watch, key, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SPWKA (b) PSWKA (c) AKWPS (d) PWKAS
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  36. 36.🔤 “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
  37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, banana, tiger, doll, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTDMO (b) OBTDM (c) MDTBO (d) BOTDM
  39. 39.🔤 “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
  40. 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets

Answer key

  1. RSLF
  2. Europe
  3. Uranus
  4. North America
  5. first letters as a word
  6. WIBJ
  7. URJDI
  8. JTGF
  9. flower
  10. green
  11. Neptune
  12. one word holds a list
  13. Earth
  14. PAISA
  15. UWRC
  16. ECPC
  17. JTFCR
  18. JFMA
  19. LINB
  20. MVEMJSUN
  21. indigo
  22. a list in a fixed order
  23. NESW
  24. what each letter means
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. March
  27. AANSAEA
  28. east
  29. condensation
  30. DCSNU
  31. BDJC
  32. SMRK
  33. SPWKA
  34. violet
  35. ELPA
  36. saffron
  37. red
  38. OBTDM
  39. north
  40. the rainbow colours

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