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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 674 · 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: tent, ant, rope, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATRG (b) GRAT (c) TARG (d) ARGT
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, needle, flute, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFWK (b) KNFW (c) NKFW (d) WFNK
  3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, tiger, coconut, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTCD (b) TNCD (c) TCDN (d) DCTN
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, frog, mango, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFMV (b) FJMV (c) VMFJ (d) FMVJ
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, anchor, whistle, parrot, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWPIO (b) OAWPI (c) AOWPI (d) IPWAO
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, jalebi, candle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJCM (b) MCJO (c) JOCM (d) JCMO
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
  17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, anchor, ladder, nest, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALNGD (b) GNLAD (c) ADLNG (d) DALNG
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, violin, fan, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFVG (b) VFNG (c) VGFN (d) GVFN
  21. 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, kite, urn, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUKM (b) MKUJ (c) KUJM (d) KMUJ
  24. 24.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
  25. 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, radio, igloo, shoe, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTISC (b) RISCT (c) TRISC (d) CSIRT
  32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, van, urn, orange, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUOLJ (b) LOUVJ (c) JVUOL (d) VJUOL
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, apple, tent, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PTAM (b) AMTP (c) ATPM (d) MATP
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, parrot, duck, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPDR (b) PJDR (c) PDRJ (d) RDPJ
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) blue (d) orange

Answer key

  1. TARG
  2. KNFW
  3. east
  4. first letters as a word
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. what each letter means
  7. one word holds a list
  8. precipitation
  9. Antarctica
  10. NTCD
  11. JFMV
  12. ELPA
  13. OAWPI
  14. MVEMJSUN
  15. OJCM
  16. SWG
  17. saffron
  18. stem
  19. DALNG
  20. GVFN
  21. white
  22. Venus
  23. MKUJ
  24. AANSAEA
  25. a list in a fixed order
  26. ECPC
  27. collection
  28. NESW
  29. Atlantic
  30. PAISA
  31. TRISC
  32. evaporation
  33. JVUOL
  34. MATP
  35. VIBGYOR
  36. January
  37. adult
  38. Arctic
  39. JPDR
  40. blue

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