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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 761 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, frog, nest, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFND (b) DNFC (c) FNDC (d) FCND
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, goat, kettle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKJB (b) BGKJ (c) JKGB (d) GBKJ
  3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  7. 7.🔤 “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
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  12. 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  13. 13.🔤 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
  14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  17. 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, key, banana, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBOG (b) KGBO (c) GKBO (d) OBKG
  20. 20.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, spoon, umpire, needle, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUNLI (b) LNUSI (c) SIUNL (d) ISUNL
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, spoon, ladder, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ISLM (b) SILM (c) MLSI (d) SLMI
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  24. 24.🔤 “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
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, apple, cat, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACOP (b) APCO (c) PACO (d) OCAP
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, flute, ant, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGAP (b) FAPG (c) GFAP (d) PAFG
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, glass, lamp, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLIT (b) GTLI (c) TGLI (d) ILGT
  28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, inkpot, van, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIVA (b) IVAS (c) ISVA (d) AVIS
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
  36. 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  37. 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, radio, umbrella, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKUA (b) KRUA (c) RUAK (d) AURK
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, drum, nest, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNDK (b) DNLK (c) DKNL (d) KDNL

Answer key

  1. CFND
  2. BGKJ
  3. Pacific
  4. Atlantic
  5. ECPC
  6. east
  7. saffron
  8. one word holds a list
  9. the rainbow colours
  10. leaf
  11. Arctic
  12. a list in a fixed order
  13. ELPA
  14. collection
  15. evaporation
  16. Neptune
  17. what each letter means
  18. February
  19. GKBO
  20. first letters as a word
  21. ISUNL
  22. ISLM
  23. Venus
  24. white
  25. PACO
  26. GFAP
  27. TGLI
  28. violet
  29. north
  30. SIVA
  31. April
  32. VIBGYOR
  33. condensation
  34. MVEMJSUN
  35. SWG
  36. egg
  37. January
  38. KRUA
  39. Mercury
  40. KDNL

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