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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 769 · 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) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tiger, doll, parrot, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTDPF (b) FPDTK (c) TDPFK (d) TKDPF
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, inkpot, tomato, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTIF (b) IFTJ (c) ITJF (d) FITJ
  5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Asia
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, mango, flute, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFMI (b) IMFD (c) MIFD (d) MFDI
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, net, jeep, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CJNV (b) NJCV (c) VNJC (d) NVJC
  22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  25. 25.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, anchor, watch, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AOWJ (b) JWAO (c) AWJO (d) OAWJ
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, lamp, tiger, pillow, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUTPD (b) DPTLU (c) LTPDU (d) ULTPD
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) violet
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, key, duck, net, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNDKW (b) WKDNP (c) KWDNP (d) KDNPW
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, fan, guava, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUGT (b) TGFU (c) FGTU (d) UFGT
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jalebi, flute, drum, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJFDO (b) JIFDO (c) JFDOI (d) ODFJI
  37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, sock, watch, ball, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDWBT (b) SWBTD (c) TBWSD (d) DSWBT

Answer key

  1. precipitation
  2. KTDPF
  3. what each letter means
  4. FITJ
  5. collection
  6. Africa
  7. IMFD
  8. Mars
  9. egg
  10. JFMA
  11. Atlantic
  12. north
  13. east
  14. RSLF
  15. PAISA
  16. NESW
  17. first letters as a word
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. saffron
  20. stem
  21. VNJC
  22. red
  23. VIBGYOR
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. the rainbow colours
  26. one word holds a list
  27. pupa
  28. April
  29. OAWJ
  30. AANSAEA
  31. ULTPD
  32. Venus
  33. violet
  34. WKDNP
  35. UFGT
  36. IJFDO
  37. adult
  38. Pacific
  39. Saturn
  40. DSWBT

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