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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 792 · 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 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, jalebi, onion, violin, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSOVB (b) BVOJS (c) SJOVB (d) JOVBS
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, guava, tent, pencil, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTPKF (b) KPTGF (c) GFTPK (d) FGTPK
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, spoon, igloo, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIPV (b) VSIP (c) SVIP (d) PISV
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
  8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  9. 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  10. 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, glass, mirror, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJMS (b) SMGJ (c) GMSJ (d) JGMS
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  18. 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) South America (d) North America
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Africa
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, mango, banana, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBMI (b) IMBP (c) MIBP (d) MBPI
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, tomato, ice cream, jalebi, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIJDW (b) DJITW (c) TWIJD (d) WTIJD
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lamp, ice cream, net, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLINF (b) LINFB (c) FNILB (d) LBINF
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, banana, monkey, van, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVMBN (b) BNMVD (c) BMVDN (d) NBMVD
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, candle, jalebi, lamp, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCJLW (b) CJLWF (c) CFJLW (d) WLJCF
  33. 33.🔤 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
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, banana, fan, cat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSFCD (b) BFCDS (c) DCFBS (d) SBFCD
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, umpire, kite, lamp, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WUKLF (b) UKLFW (c) FLKUW (d) UWKLF
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mango, duck, banana, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBDMK (b) MDBCK (c) KMDBC (d) MKDBC
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, guava, rope, mirror, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRMVW (b) WGRMV (c) GWRMV (d) VMRGW
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, net, jeep, shoe, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANJSD (b) NAJSD (c) DSJNA (d) NJSDA
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, drum, guava, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDGO (b) DRGO (c) DGOR (d) OGDR
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) violet (d) green

Answer key

  1. condensation
  2. SJOVB
  3. FGTPK
  4. egg
  5. VSIP
  6. what each letter means
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. east
  9. white
  10. saffron
  11. JGMS
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. March
  14. one word holds a list
  15. pupa
  16. evaporation
  17. first letters as a word
  18. south
  19. April
  20. South America
  21. JFMA
  22. SWG
  23. ELPA
  24. VIBGYOR
  25. NESW
  26. Africa
  27. MVEMJSUN
  28. IMBP
  29. WTIJD
  30. BLINF
  31. NBMVD
  32. FCJLW
  33. RSLF
  34. SBFCD
  35. WUKLF
  36. KMDBC
  37. WGRMV
  38. ANJSD
  39. RDGO
  40. yellow

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