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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 740 · 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.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, jalebi, glass, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFGU (b) JGUF (c) FJGU (d) UGJF
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) indigo (d) violet
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, wallet, jeep, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWJF (b) FJWD (c) WDJF (d) WJFD
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, umpire, onion, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UORS (b) SUOR (c) ROUS (d) USOR
  10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, kettle, jeep, apple, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJATR (b) RKJAT (c) KRJAT (d) TAJKR
  12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, jalebi, ladder, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLRW (b) JWLR (c) WJLR (d) RLJW
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  15. 15.🔤 “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
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ladder, jeep, flute, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNJFP (b) PFJLN (c) LJFPN (d) NLJFP
  17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, jeep, sock, van, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJSVU (b) JRSVU (c) JSVUR (d) UVSJR
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  20. 20.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, pencil, drum, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPDA (b) PDAB (c) PBDA (d) ADPB
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, owl, duck, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODRC (b) CODR (c) RDOC (d) OCDR
  25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, jalebi, drum, ball, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBDJG (b) JGDBF (c) JDBFG (d) GJDBF
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, bucket, parrot, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APBS (b) BSPA (c) BPAS (d) SBPA
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, whistle, spoon, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WASO (b) WSOA (c) AWSO (d) OSWA
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, glass, jeep, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJGT (b) GTJR (c) TGJR (d) GJRT
  30. 30.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, tent, banana, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBTF (b) TBPF (c) TFBP (d) FTBP
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, bucket, lamp, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BILU (b) IBLU (c) BLUI (d) ULBI
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) indigo
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, sock, frog, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFSJ (b) JSFB (c) SFBJ (d) SJFB
  39. 39.🔤 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
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, shoe, needle, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNSG (b) SGNW (c) GSNW (d) SNWG

Answer key

  1. evaporation
  2. FJGU
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. what each letter means
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. blue
  7. JFMA
  8. DWJF
  9. SUOR
  10. Pacific
  11. RKJAT
  12. west
  13. WJLR
  14. VIBGYOR
  15. saffron
  16. NLJFP
  17. one word holds a list
  18. RJSVU
  19. AANSAEA
  20. a list in a fixed order
  21. Jupiter
  22. egg
  23. BPDA
  24. CODR
  25. white
  26. GJDBF
  27. SBPA
  28. AWSO
  29. TGJR
  30. first letters as a word
  31. FTBP
  32. IBLU
  33. root
  34. NESW
  35. PAISA
  36. green
  37. SWG
  38. JSFB
  39. ELPA
  40. GSNW

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