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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 892 · 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) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, umpire, candle, ball, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FUCBR (b) RBCUF (c) UFCBR (d) UCBRF
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, ice cream, tomato, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTIB (b) ITDB (c) BITD (d) IBTD
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, rose, kettle, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKRO (b) ROKF (c) ORKF (d) RKFO
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, bucket, anchor, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DABF (b) FBAD (c) BADF (d) BFAD
  9. 9.🔤 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
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) violet (d) yellow
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  13. 13.🔤 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
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, apple, pillow, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APKS (b) KPAS (c) ASPK (d) SAPK
  15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, tent, frog, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFJN (b) NTFJ (c) JFTN (d) TNFJ
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, kite, tent, orange, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKTOL (b) LOTKN (c) KNTOL (d) KTOLN
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, frog, glass, lemon, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGLSW (b) SLGFW (c) WFGLS (d) FWGLS
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ant, coconut, radio, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URCAN (b) NACRU (c) ANCRU (d) ACRUN
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) South America
  29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, duck, key, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADKI (b) IKDA (c) DAKI (d) DKIA
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  35. 35.🔤 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
  36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Australia (d) South America
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, lamp, banana, jug, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLBJG (b) LRBJG (c) GJBLR (d) LBJGR
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, tiger, pillow, ball, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGPBL (b) TPBLG (c) LBPTG (d) GTPBL
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, duck, van, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRVS (b) SVDR (c) RDVS (d) DVSR

Answer key

  1. evaporation
  2. FUCBR
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. first letters as a word
  5. BITD
  6. what each letter means
  7. ORKF
  8. FBAD
  9. SWG
  10. JFMA
  11. indigo
  12. Mercury
  13. ELPA
  14. SAPK
  15. one word holds a list
  16. east
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. April
  19. west
  20. NTFJ
  21. RSLF
  22. February
  23. NKTOL
  24. Venus
  25. VIBGYOR
  26. WFGLS
  27. NACRU
  28. Africa
  29. leaf
  30. Mars
  31. white
  32. precipitation
  33. ADKI
  34. MVEMJSUN
  35. NESW
  36. Asia
  37. RLBJG
  38. GTPBL
  39. Earth
  40. RDVS

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