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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 750 · 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 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  2. 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, needle, mirror, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVMI (b) IMNV (c) NMIV (d) VNMI
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) violet (d) indigo
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, bucket, tent, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBTN (b) BTND (c) BDTN (d) NTBD
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, tiger, jalebi, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJTB (b) TJKB (c) BTJK (d) TBJK
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, mango, nest, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNMJ (b) JMNR (c) MNRJ (d) MJNR
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, wallet, doll, ladder, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRDLV (b) RWDLV (c) VLDWR (d) WDLVR
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, flute, kite, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCKU (b) FKUC (c) CFKU (d) UKFC
  26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  27. 27.🔤 “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
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, shoe, urn, ice cream, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUIBL (b) SLUIB (c) LSUIB (d) BIUSL
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Europe
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, glass, jug, tiger, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGJTI (b) GLJTI (c) GJTIL (d) ITJGL
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, jug, shoe, orange, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOSJN (b) JNSOD (c) JSODN (d) NJSOD
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, bucket, lemon, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDLR (b) BLRD (c) DBLR (d) RLBD
  33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, whistle, pencil, kettle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPKAG (b) GWPKA (c) AKPWG (d) WGPKA
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, anchor, violin, mirror, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMVAR (b) ARVMB (c) AVMBR (d) RAVMB
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
  38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, mango, drum, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRDU (b) UDMR (c) RMDU (d) MDUR

Answer key

  1. Earth
  2. March
  3. VNMI
  4. JFMA
  5. VIBGYOR
  6. ELPA
  7. Pacific
  8. orange
  9. the rainbow colours
  10. Mercury
  11. NESW
  12. Uranus
  13. adult
  14. first letters as a word
  15. indigo
  16. DBTN
  17. BTJK
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. AANSAEA
  20. PAISA
  21. MVEMJSUN
  22. one word holds a list
  23. JMNR
  24. RWDLV
  25. CFKU
  26. Atlantic
  27. evaporation
  28. LSUIB
  29. Europe
  30. LGJTI
  31. NJSOD
  32. DBLR
  33. east
  34. egg
  35. GWPKA
  36. RAVMB
  37. larva
  38. January
  39. Venus
  40. RMDU

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