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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 715 · 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: doll, tomato, owl, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOCD (b) COTD (c) TDOC (d) DTOC
  2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ice cream, parrot, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPIF (b) FIPU (c) IFPU (d) IPUF
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
  7. 7.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, net, umpire, ball, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUBFK (b) NKUBF (c) FBUNK (d) KNUBF
  13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  14. 14.🔤 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
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jug, orange, violin, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCOVI (b) CJOVI (c) JOVIC (d) IVOJC
  17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  20. 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, rope, umpire, ice cream, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWUIS (b) SIURW (c) RUISW (d) WRUIS
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, mango, drum, coconut, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDCAB (b) BMDCA (c) ACDMB (d) MBDCA
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) red (d) indigo
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, spoon, watch, van, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNWVG (b) NSWVG (c) SWVGN (d) GVWSN
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, lemon, fan, parrot, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFPJI (b) JPFLI (c) ILFPJ (d) LIFPJ
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
  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.🔤 “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
  30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, drum, kite, anchor, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDKAP (b) PAKDW (c) DWKAP (d) DKAPW
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
  34. 34.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Africa
  39. 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, tiger, onion, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOVM (b) TMOV (c) MTOV (d) VOTM

Answer key

  1. DTOC
  2. adult
  3. ECPC
  4. leaf
  5. FIPU
  6. RSLF
  7. first letters as a word
  8. Mars
  9. January
  10. February
  11. one word holds a list
  12. KNUBF
  13. the rainbow colours
  14. SWG
  15. west
  16. CJOVI
  17. Neptune
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. Pacific
  20. Arctic
  21. WRUIS
  22. BMDCA
  23. indigo
  24. NSWVG
  25. ILFPJ
  26. what each letter means
  27. JFMA
  28. precipitation
  29. stem
  30. saffron
  31. green
  32. WDKAP
  33. evaporation
  34. root
  35. ELPA
  36. condensation
  37. Venus
  38. Asia
  39. north
  40. MTOV

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