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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 871 · 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.🔤 “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
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  3. 3.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, jeep, anchor, cat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JACFN (b) FCAJN (c) NJACF (d) JNACF
  5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, kite, guava, jeep, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJGKP (b) KGJIP (c) KPGJI (d) PKGJI
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, whistle, flute, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTFN (b) TWFN (c) WFNT (d) NFWT
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, ladder, pillow, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPLO (b) LPWO (c) LOPW (d) OLPW
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, kite, onion, rose, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GROKF (b) KORGF (c) KFORG (d) FKORG
  14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Europe
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, rope, onion, watch, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLOWT (b) ROWTL (c) LROWT (d) TWORL
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, drum, lemon, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLAK (b) KDLA (c) ALDK (d) DKLA
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, net, sock, frog, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKSFM (b) MFSNK (c) KNSFM (d) NSFMK
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, guava, net, ladder, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLNGF (b) GFNLR (c) GNLRF (d) FGNLR
  27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) indigo (d) yellow
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, mirror, rope, anchor, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGRAD (b) GMRAD (c) DARMG (d) MRADG
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, watch, nest, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWNF (b) FNWG (c) WNFG (d) WGNF
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, umbrella, drum, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODUV (b) UVDO (c) UDOV (d) VUDO
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, onion, wallet, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWOA (b) OAWC (c) AOWC (d) OWCA
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia

Answer key

  1. white
  2. what each letter means
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. NJACF
  5. evaporation
  6. PKGJI
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. one word holds a list
  9. flower
  10. TWFN
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. OLPW
  13. FKORG
  14. Indian
  15. North America
  16. west
  17. LROWT
  18. first letters as a word
  19. Neptune
  20. ELPA
  21. KDLA
  22. collection
  23. JFMA
  24. KNSFM
  25. PAISA
  26. FGNLR
  27. pupa
  28. NESW
  29. orange
  30. SWG
  31. indigo
  32. GMRAD
  33. GWNF
  34. AANSAEA
  35. VUDO
  36. ECPC
  37. AOWC
  38. Jupiter
  39. Pacific
  40. Antarctica

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