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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 762 · 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.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) yellow (d) orange
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  3. 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) violet
  5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, coconut, mirror, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMCA (b) CAMG (c) CMGA (d) ACMG
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
  15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, mango, ice cream, apple, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCIAF (b) FAIMC (c) MIAFC (d) CMIAF
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, shoe, nest, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SNCD (b) CNSD (c) SDNC (d) DSNC
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  22. 22.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Earth
  24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  25. 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, glass, kettle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKGD (b) GDKF (c) DGKF (d) GKFD
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, coconut, duck, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDCV (b) VCDP (c) CDPV (d) CVDP
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, violin, anchor, umpire, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAUMD (b) DVAUM (c) MUAVD (d) VDAUM
  35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Asia
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, onion, candle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCKG (b) GOCK (c) KCOG (d) OGCK
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, frog, ant, pillow, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPAFI (b) FIAPV (c) FAPVI (d) IFAPV
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) indigo

Answer key

  1. orange
  2. Arctic
  3. collection
  4. yellow
  5. April
  6. egg
  7. ACMG
  8. ELPA
  9. the rainbow colours
  10. PAISA
  11. what each letter means
  12. adult
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. JFMA
  15. green
  16. first letters as a word
  17. January
  18. condensation
  19. CMIAF
  20. DSNC
  21. Venus
  22. a list in a fixed order
  23. Earth
  24. precipitation
  25. one word holds a list
  26. DGKF
  27. north
  28. VCDP
  29. SWG
  30. Saturn
  31. Europe
  32. NESW
  33. Mars
  34. DVAUM
  35. Africa
  36. GOCK
  37. stem
  38. IFAPV
  39. RSLF
  40. red

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