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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 743 · 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 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) violet (d) orange
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, key, apple, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CAKU (b) UKAC (c) KACU (d) KUAC
  4. 4.🔤 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
  5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Antarctica
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  10. 10.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) blue (d) indigo
  12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) violet (d) blue
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
  14. 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, duck, needle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVNJ (b) DNJV (c) JNDV (d) VDNJ
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, pillow, drum, ice cream, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PWDIK (b) WPDIK (c) KIDPW (d) PDIKW
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, flute, tomato, lemon, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLTFN (b) NFTLG (c) FNTLG (d) FTLGN
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, whistle, apple, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAWI (b) WIAF (c) WAFI (d) IWAF
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, mirror, flute, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFMO (b) MFBO (c) MOFB (d) OMFB
  23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  28. 28.🔤 “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
  29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, owl, ball, guava, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OPBGF (b) OBGFP (c) FGBOP (d) POBGF
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, candle, urn, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUCB (b) BCUP (c) CUPB (d) CBUP
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, nest, jeep, van, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGJVC (b) CVJNG (c) NJVCG (d) GNJVC
  35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, lemon, guava, parrot, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOGPF (b) OLGPF (c) LGPFO (d) FPGLO
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
  40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white

Answer key

  1. precipitation
  2. orange
  3. UKAC
  4. MVEMJSUN
  5. Antarctica
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. what each letter means
  8. the rainbow colours
  9. NESW
  10. February
  11. blue
  12. indigo
  13. SWG
  14. leaf
  15. RSLF
  16. Mercury
  17. VDNJ
  18. Saturn
  19. WPDIK
  20. NFTLG
  21. IWAF
  22. OMFB
  23. first letters as a word
  24. JFMA
  25. Atlantic
  26. ELPA
  27. south
  28. saffron
  29. one word holds a list
  30. POBGF
  31. BCUP
  32. ECPC
  33. east
  34. GNJVC
  35. white
  36. OLGPF
  37. Arctic
  38. Indian
  39. VIBGYOR
  40. green

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