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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 889 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
  2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, violin, key, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKUD (b) VDKU (c) UKVD (d) DVKU
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, vase, radio, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRGA (b) VARG (c) GRVA (d) AVRG
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Asia
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, parrot, watch, ball, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPWBG (b) PWBGF (c) GBWPF (d) PFWBG
  14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  16. 16.🔤 “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
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, mirror, kite, ball, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBKMJ (b) MKBNJ (c) MJKBN (d) JMKBN
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, mirror, lemon, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLCN (b) NMLC (c) CLMN (d) MNLC
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, banana, apple, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CABM (b) MBAC (c) BACM (d) BMAC
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, radio, orange, glass, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGORT (b) TROGJ (c) RTOGJ (d) ROGJT
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  28. 28.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, jalebi, umpire, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUMB (b) JBUM (c) MUJB (d) BJUM
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, mirror, ladder, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLVO (b) MOLV (c) OMLV (d) VLMO
  32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  34. 34.🔤 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
  35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, pillow, vase, watch, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SWVPG (b) PVWSG (c) PGVWS (d) GPVWS
  38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection

Answer key

  1. Asia
  2. leaf
  3. DVKU
  4. Jupiter
  5. AVRG
  6. first letters as a word
  7. condensation
  8. North America
  9. MVEMJSUN
  10. JFMA
  11. what each letter means
  12. one word holds a list
  13. FPWBG
  14. east
  15. April
  16. green
  17. NESW
  18. JMKBN
  19. NMLC
  20. MBAC
  21. ECPC
  22. TROGJ
  23. Neptune
  24. ELPA
  25. a list in a fixed order
  26. PAISA
  27. north
  28. the rainbow colours
  29. BJUM
  30. Atlantic
  31. OMLV
  32. Europe
  33. Uranus
  34. VIBGYOR
  35. saffron
  36. RSLF
  37. GPVWS
  38. evaporation
  39. adult
  40. precipitation

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