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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 663 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
  3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, apple, monkey, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAMB (b) AMBD (c) ADMB (d) BMAD
  5. 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  6. 6.🔤 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) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
  8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ant, orange, guava, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAOGK (b) KGOAF (c) AFOGK (d) AOGKF
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) South America
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, shoe, kettle, fan, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SKFUG (b) SGKFU (c) GSKFU (d) UFKSG
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, igloo, whistle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOWF (b) FWIO (c) OIWF (d) IWFO
  22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  23. 23.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, drum, mango, van, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVMDS (b) SDMVW (c) DMVWS (d) DSMVW
  25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
  27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mirror, doll, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGDI (b) IDMG (c) MDIG (d) GMDI
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, van, goat, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGVD (b) DVGW (c) VGWD (d) VDGW
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, guava, bucket, ladder, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDBLJ (b) JLBGD (c) GBLJD (d) DGBLJ
  37. 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, shoe, orange, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSOR (b) ROSC (c) SCOR (d) SORC
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. ECPC
  3. Australia
  4. DAMB
  5. north
  6. MVEMJSUN
  7. larva
  8. Atlantic
  9. what each letter means
  10. first letters as a word
  11. SWG
  12. FAOGK
  13. JFMA
  14. January
  15. PAISA
  16. east
  17. one word holds a list
  18. South America
  19. VIBGYOR
  20. GSKFU
  21. OIWF
  22. Southern
  23. white
  24. SDMVW
  25. flower
  26. blue
  27. evaporation
  28. precipitation
  29. GMDI
  30. DVGW
  31. ELPA
  32. adult
  33. saffron
  34. yellow
  35. NESW
  36. DGBLJ
  37. a list in a fixed order
  38. CSOR
  39. AANSAEA
  40. west

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