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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 894 · 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.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  2. 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
  5. 5.🔤 “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
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  10. 10.🔤 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
  11. 11.🔤 “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
  12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) South America
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, watch, kite, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWKP (b) WOKP (c) WKPO (d) PKWO
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, mango, jeep, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJUI (b) IMJU (c) UJMI (d) MIJU
  15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  16. 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
  19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, vase, anchor, jalebi, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJAVM (b) VMAJG (c) MVAJG (d) VAJGM
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, glass, anchor, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDAF (b) GAFD (c) FAGD (d) DGAF
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, ice cream, coconut, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICUW (b) WICU (c) UCIW (d) IWCU
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, vase, anchor, candle, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VACBM (b) VMACB (c) BCAVM (d) MVACB
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
  30. 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, jalebi, parrot, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBPN (b) NPJB (c) BJPN (d) JPNB
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, sock, radio, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSRJ (b) SRJN (c) SNRJ (d) JRSN
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, rose, guava, wallet, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGWKJ (b) JRGWK (c) RJGWK (d) KWGRJ
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, orange, jalebi, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJOD (b) DOJA (c) OJAD (d) ODJA
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, glass, banana, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTGBP (b) TJGBP (c) JGBPT (d) PBGJT
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, vase, mango, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VAMK (b) AVMK (c) KMVA (d) VMKA
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) blue (d) red

Answer key

  1. leaf
  2. Venus
  3. first letters as a word
  4. root
  5. saffron
  6. Indian
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. one word holds a list
  9. RSLF
  10. ELPA
  11. precipitation
  12. North America
  13. OWKP
  14. IMJU
  15. condensation
  16. Southern
  17. VIBGYOR
  18. Africa
  19. the rainbow colours
  20. SWG
  21. JFMA
  22. collection
  23. MVAJG
  24. Asia
  25. DGAF
  26. WICU
  27. Mars
  28. MVACB
  29. egg
  30. what each letter means
  31. BJPN
  32. NSRJ
  33. ECPC
  34. JRGWK
  35. DOJA
  36. TJGBP
  37. NESW
  38. AVMK
  39. PAISA
  40. violet

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