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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 670 · 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: umbrella, guava, candle, rope, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGCRT (b) GCRTU (c) GUCRT (d) TRCGU
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  4. 4.🔤 “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
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, coconut, jalebi, frog, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRJFG (b) CJFGR (c) GFJCR (d) RCJFG
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, cat, umbrella, ball, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFUBD (b) DBUCF (c) FCUBD (d) CUBDF
  13. 13.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  14. 14.🔤 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
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
  16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, rope, tomato, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTRN (b) RTVN (c) NRTV (d) RNTV
  18. 18.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) blue
  19. 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, watch, pencil, onion, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTPOM (b) MOPWT (c) WPOMT (d) TWPOM
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Asia
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) indigo (d) red
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, parrot, tomato, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTJV (b) PVTJ (c) JTPV (d) VPTJ
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, urn, jeep, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJRW (b) UWJR (c) WUJR (d) RJUW
  31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  32. 32.🔤 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
  33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, cat, doll, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDJI (b) CIDJ (c) ICDJ (d) JDCI
  35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, net, drum, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUDA (b) UNDA (c) ADNU (d) NDAU
  38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Europe
  40. 40.🔤 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

Answer key

  1. UGCRT
  2. Southern
  3. January
  4. root
  5. SWG
  6. Mercury
  7. precipitation
  8. first letters as a word
  9. a list in a fixed order
  10. RCJFG
  11. AANSAEA
  12. FCUBD
  13. leaf
  14. ELPA
  15. south
  16. the rainbow colours
  17. NRTV
  18. indigo
  19. evaporation
  20. collection
  21. TWPOM
  22. one word holds a list
  23. NESW
  24. Africa
  25. red
  26. what each letter means
  27. JFMA
  28. ECPC
  29. VPTJ
  30. WUJR
  31. stem
  32. RSLF
  33. Atlantic
  34. ICDJ
  35. orange
  36. Asia
  37. UNDA
  38. larva
  39. Europe
  40. MVEMJSUN

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