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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 866 · 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 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, coconut, rope, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CROM (b) ORCM (c) CMRO (d) MCRO
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, goat, orange, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOAI (b) IGOA (c) AOGI (d) GIOA
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, net, fan, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AFNL (b) NFAL (c) LNFA (d) NLFA
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, violin, anchor, bucket, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRABM (b) RVABM (c) VABMR (d) MBAVR
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, doll, banana, sock, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBSKA (b) DABSK (c) KSBDA (d) ADBSK
  13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, shoe, vase, mango, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSVMP (b) SWVMP (c) SVMPW (d) PMVSW
  15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, banana, spoon, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSUP (b) USBP (c) BPSU (d) PBSU
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, jug, vase, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVCT (b) CVJT (c) JTVC (d) TJVC
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, tent, rope, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORTG (b) TGRO (c) GTRO (d) TROG
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, onion, frog, igloo, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFIJD (b) JIFOD (c) ODFIJ (d) DOFIJ
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, whistle, bucket, coconut, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMBCI (b) ICBWM (c) WBCIM (d) MWBCI
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  24. 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, urn, jug, whistle, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJWPA (b) AUJWP (c) UAJWP (d) PWJUA
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
  27. 27.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, frog, spoon, whistle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSWRB (b) FBSWR (c) BFSWR (d) RWSFB
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, tiger, drum, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TIDV (b) VDTI (c) TDVI (d) ITDV
  32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
  33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, shoe, ice cream, key, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIKDG (b) GSIKD (c) SGIKD (d) DKISG
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, jalebi, doll, lemon, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPDLK (b) JDLKP (c) PJDLK (d) KLDJP
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tomato, kite, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITKW (b) TKWI (c) TIKW (d) WKTI
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) Africa
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, orange, doll, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OLDB (b) LODB (c) BDOL (d) ODBL
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

  1. evaporation
  2. first letters as a word
  3. MCRO
  4. IGOA
  5. LNFA
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. NESW
  8. February
  9. JFMA
  10. RSLF
  11. RVABM
  12. ADBSK
  13. pupa
  14. WSVMP
  15. Asia
  16. AANSAEA
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. PBSU
  19. TJVC
  20. GTRO
  21. DOFIJ
  22. MWBCI
  23. ELPA
  24. January
  25. AUJWP
  26. indigo
  27. what each letter means
  28. flower
  29. BFSWR
  30. SWG
  31. ITDV
  32. Antarctica
  33. white
  34. GSIKD
  35. PJDLK
  36. ITKW
  37. Africa
  38. green
  39. LODB
  40. green

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