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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 751 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
  3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, cat, drum, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDCP (b) PCDM (c) CDMP (d) CPDM
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, sock, duck, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSDT (b) SMDT (c) SDTM (d) TDSM
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
  14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, spoon, cat, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCSU (b) USCG (c) SUCG (d) SCGU
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, guava, jalebi, frog, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFJGO (b) GJFLO (c) GOJFL (d) OGJFL
  21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, ball, cat, pencil, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCPDA (b) DPCBA (c) ABCPD (d) BACPD
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, spoon, doll, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSDR (b) SDRN (c) RDSN (d) SNDR
  26. 26.🔤 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
  27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, umbrella, cat, mirror, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCMIB (b) UBCMI (c) IMCUB (d) BUCMI
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umbrella, cat, pillow, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URCPG (b) UCPGR (c) RUCPG (d) GPCUR
  33. 33.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  34. 34.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, pencil, van, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVPL (b) PVCL (c) PLVC (d) LPVC
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south

Answer key

  1. Antarctica
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. a list in a fixed order
  4. PCDM
  5. Mercury
  6. ECPC
  7. AANSAEA
  8. January
  9. Pacific
  10. RSLF
  11. MSDT
  12. PAISA
  13. NESW
  14. Venus
  15. one word holds a list
  16. west
  17. JFMA
  18. first letters as a word
  19. USCG
  20. OGJFL
  21. Atlantic
  22. flower
  23. collection
  24. ABCPD
  25. NSDR
  26. SWG
  27. Asia
  28. condensation
  29. ELPA
  30. BUCMI
  31. white
  32. RUCPG
  33. what each letter means
  34. evaporation
  35. saffron
  36. Earth
  37. LPVC
  38. MVEMJSUN
  39. VIBGYOR
  40. east

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