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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 934 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, pillow, banana, lemon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCBLV (b) PBLVC (c) CPBLV (d) VLBPC
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, tiger, candle, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMCA (b) MTCA (c) TCAM (d) ACTM
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, watch, drum, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJDU (b) UDWJ (c) WDUJ (d) JWDU
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, vase, orange, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOVS (b) VSOD (c) SVOD (d) VODS
  11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, mirror, jug, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJMA (b) MAJI (c) MJIA (d) AMJI
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, tiger, bucket, guava, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJBGF (b) TBGFJ (c) JTBGF (d) FGBTJ
  17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, tiger, umbrella, watch, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUWRB (b) TBUWR (c) BTUWR (d) RWUTB
  19. 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  20. 20.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  23. 23.🔤 “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
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) orange (d) indigo
  26. 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Europe
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, anchor, guava, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGAF (b) AFGO (c) AGOF (d) FAGO
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, coconut, rose, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRTD (b) TRCD (c) DCRT (d) CDRT
  30. 30.🔤 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
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, inkpot, ladder, coconut, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCLIF (b) ILCPF (c) FILCP (d) IFLCP
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, orange, drum, jug, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODJTB (b) OBDJT (c) BODJT (d) TJDOB
  33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Asia
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, drum, igloo, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDIB (b) DJIB (c) DIBJ (d) BIDJ
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, jalebi, duck, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADJC (b) JCDA (c) CJDA (d) JDAC
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, goat, urn, apple, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGUAK (b) GWUAK (c) GUAKW (d) KAUGW
  38. 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, lamp, anchor, needle, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LANUO (b) LOANU (c) OLANU (d) UNALO
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, parrot, ladder, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RLPC (b) PLRC (c) PCLR (d) CPLR

Answer key

  1. CPBLV
  2. AANSAEA
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. ELPA
  5. MTCA
  6. Southern
  7. ECPC
  8. JFMA
  9. JWDU
  10. SVOD
  11. what each letter means
  12. Neptune
  13. PAISA
  14. first letters as a word
  15. AMJI
  16. JTBGF
  17. one word holds a list
  18. BTUWR
  19. a list in a fixed order
  20. white
  21. precipitation
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. pupa
  24. VIBGYOR
  25. indigo
  26. Arctic
  27. North America
  28. FAGO
  29. DCRT
  30. RSLF
  31. FILCP
  32. BODJT
  33. Africa
  34. JDIB
  35. CJDA
  36. red
  37. WGUAK
  38. north
  39. OLANU
  40. CPLR

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