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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 689 · 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 four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ice cream, needle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBNP (b) INPB (c) BINP (d) PNIB
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, violin, onion, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVOG (b) VOGD (c) GOVD (d) VDOG
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, key, guava, umpire, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUGKL (b) LKGUB (c) KLGUB (d) KGUBL
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pillow, vase, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFVN (b) PVNF (c) NVPF (d) FPVN
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, doll, apple, umpire, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAUVS (b) VUADS (c) DSAUV (d) SDAUV
  11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) violet (d) green
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, goat, monkey, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGMJ (b) GMJT (c) JMGT (d) GTMJ
  17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  18. 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  19. 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Antarctica
  23. 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, apple, mirror, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAMJ (b) JMAP (c) APMJ (d) AMJP
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, frog, mango, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMFB (b) FMIB (c) BFMI (d) FBMI
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, kettle, candle, lamp, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCLNB (b) BKCLN (c) NLCKB (d) KBCLN
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, whistle, mango, jeep, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJMWG (b) GWMJO (c) WGMJO (d) WMJOG
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umpire, shoe, radio, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRSUN (b) USRDN (c) UNSRD (d) NUSRD
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tiger, drum, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTDI (b) TVDI (c) IDTV (d) TDIV
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, glass, rope, frog, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRFPD (b) DGRFP (c) PFRGD (d) GDRFP
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, van, cat, key, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKCVJ (b) VCKTJ (c) VJCKT (d) JVCKT
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  35. 35.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mars
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, coconut, onion, parrot, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTOPN (b) NPOCT (c) COPNT (d) TCOPN

Answer key

  1. NESW
  2. BINP
  3. Saturn
  4. DVOG
  5. what each letter means
  6. MVEMJSUN
  7. LKGUB
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. FPVN
  10. SDAUV
  11. condensation
  12. SWG
  13. one word holds a list
  14. violet
  15. larva
  16. TGMJ
  17. precipitation
  18. saffron
  19. flower
  20. ECPC
  21. VIBGYOR
  22. South America
  23. the rainbow colours
  24. PAMJ
  25. BFMI
  26. BKCLN
  27. GWMJO
  28. NUSRD
  29. JFMA
  30. RSLF
  31. VTDI
  32. DGRFP
  33. JVCKT
  34. adult
  35. north
  36. root
  37. Jupiter
  38. white
  39. orange
  40. TCOPN

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