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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 651 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Asia
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Australia
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, mango, doll, onion, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBDON (b) BMDON (c) MDONB (d) NODMB
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rose, nest, key, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRNKI (b) RDNKI (c) IKNRD (d) RNKID
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, pencil, orange, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POVR (b) RPOV (c) VOPR (d) PROV
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  12. 12.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, jug, bucket, apple, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGBAD (b) JBADG (c) GJBAD (d) DABJG
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, guava, frog, watch, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GFWOL (b) OWFGL (c) GLFWO (d) LGFWO
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, inkpot, onion, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOFD (b) DIOF (c) FOID (d) IDOF
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, tent, pencil, wallet, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTPWK (b) KWPTB (c) TBPWK (d) TPWKB
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rope, bucket, frog, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFBRD (b) RDBFM (c) DRBFM (d) RBFMD
  23. 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  28. 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) violet (d) green
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, mango, rope, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MARS (b) SRMA (c) AMRS (d) MRSA
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, umbrella, jug, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UKJO (b) UJOK (c) KUJO (d) OJUK
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, fan, inkpot, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LIFP (b) FPIL (c) PFIL (d) FILP
  35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, watch, guava, ice cream, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIGWP (b) WGISP (c) PWGIS (d) WPGIS
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  39. 39.🔤 “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
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection

Answer key

  1. North America
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. first letters as a word
  4. South America
  5. ECPC
  6. Pacific
  7. BMDON
  8. DRNKI
  9. RPOV
  10. flower
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. leaf
  13. what each letter means
  14. GJBAD
  15. LGFWO
  16. SWG
  17. ELPA
  18. January
  19. DIOF
  20. BTPWK
  21. Saturn
  22. DRBFM
  23. the rainbow colours
  24. root
  25. Antarctica
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. Indian
  28. one word holds a list
  29. violet
  30. Jupiter
  31. collection
  32. AMRS
  33. KUJO
  34. PFIL
  35. Atlantic
  36. PWGIS
  37. Arctic
  38. April
  39. green
  40. condensation

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