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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 717 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  5. 5.🔤 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
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, owl, guava, coconut, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONGCL (b) OGCLN (c) NOGCL (d) LCGON
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, bucket, lemon, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALBT (b) TBLA (c) BTLA (d) BLAT
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, orange, radio, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DROM (b) MORD (c) ORDM (d) OMRD
  13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, owl, mango, rope, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRMOF (b) OMRNF (c) OFMRN (d) FOMRN
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, goat, violin, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVJM (b) JVGM (c) GMVJ (d) MGVJ
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, anchor, wallet, jalebi, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWJCV (b) AVWJC (c) VAWJC (d) CJWAV
  17. 17.🔤 “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
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, watch, fan, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFWN (b) WFLN (c) NWFL (d) WNFL
  20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Australia (d) Africa
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, watch, ant, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWAG (b) GAWP (c) WAGP (d) WPAG
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  23. 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, umbrella, flute, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UFSL (b) SFUL (c) LUFS (d) ULFS
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, banana, anchor, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SABI (b) BASI (c) BIAS (d) IBAS
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, vase, bucket, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKBO (b) OBVK (c) VBOK (d) KVBO
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, spoon, tent, apple, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STAPC (b) PATSC (c) SCTAP (d) CSTAP
  33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) indigo (d) green
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, needle, shoe, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUSNM (b) MNSUG (c) NMSUG (d) NSUGM
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, coconut, watch, jalebi, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJWCO (b) CWJRO (c) COWJR (d) OCWJR
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) blue (d) indigo
  39. 39.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  40. 40.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. egg
  3. Venus
  4. first letters as a word
  5. VIBGYOR
  6. NOGCL
  7. NESW
  8. TBLA
  9. ECPC
  10. Arctic
  11. MVEMJSUN
  12. MORD
  13. precipitation
  14. FOMRN
  15. MGVJ
  16. VAWJC
  17. condensation
  18. evaporation
  19. NWFL
  20. Australia
  21. PWAG
  22. JFMA
  23. a list in a fixed order
  24. LUFS
  25. RSLF
  26. IBAS
  27. PAISA
  28. AANSAEA
  29. larva
  30. KVBO
  31. SWG
  32. CSTAP
  33. Pacific
  34. green
  35. MNSUG
  36. OCWJR
  37. collection
  38. violet
  39. one word holds a list
  40. what each letter means

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