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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 708 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  2. 2.🔤 “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
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, rose, nest, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNRG (b) RNUG (c) RGNU (d) GRNU
  5. 5.🔤 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
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, onion, tiger, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COTW (b) OCTW (c) WTOC (d) OTWC
  8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  12. 12.🔤 “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
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  16. 16.🔤 “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
  17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, fan, nest, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFNI (b) FONI (c) INFO (d) FNIO
  22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, net, whistle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUWA (b) UNWA (c) AWNU (d) NWAU
  25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Europe
  29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  30. 30.🔤 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
  31. 31.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  34. 34.🔤 “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
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, guava, ice cream, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGIT (b) GITP (c) GPIT (d) TIGP
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, flute, tent, parrot, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTPOG (b) GFTPO (c) OPTFG (d) FGTPO
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, tent, jalebi, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJTN (b) TJCN (c) TNJC (d) NTJC
  40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia

Answer key

  1. Venus
  2. precipitation
  3. first letters as a word
  4. GRNU
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. Arctic
  7. COTW
  8. west
  9. yellow
  10. February
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. saffron
  13. April
  14. collection
  15. one word holds a list
  16. white
  17. root
  18. AANSAEA
  19. blue
  20. what each letter means
  21. OFNI
  22. Indian
  23. VIBGYOR
  24. UNWA
  25. stem
  26. green
  27. NESW
  28. Australia
  29. condensation
  30. SWG
  31. the rainbow colours
  32. PAISA
  33. Mercury
  34. adult
  35. Earth
  36. PGIT
  37. ECPC
  38. GFTPO
  39. NTJC
  40. North America

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