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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 950 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  10. 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, jalebi, shoe, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOSV (b) OJSV (c) VSJO (d) JSVO
  16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) North America
  18. 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Africa
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, violin, shoe, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NSVR (b) VRSN (c) VSNR (d) RVSN
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, ladder, rope, umbrella, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRUSO (b) OLRUS (c) LORUS (d) SURLO
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, needle, candle, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCNW (b) WNCJ (c) NWCJ (d) NCJW
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, cat, kettle, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKLP (b) LKCP (c) CPKL (d) PCKL
  25. 25.🔤 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
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) green (d) violet
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, frog, lamp, bucket, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLBSV (b) SBLFV (c) FVLBS (d) VFLBS
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, umbrella, ball, glass, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGBUP (b) UBGIP (c) PUBGI (d) UPBGI
  29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Australia (d) Asia
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, lemon, pillow, mirror, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMPLN (b) LPMGN (c) NLPMG (d) LNPMG
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  37. 37.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, net, goat, ice cream, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NAGIS (b) ANGIS (c) SIGNA (d) NGISA
  39. 39.🔤 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
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, inkpot, apple, radio, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IARWG (b) IGARW (c) WRAIG (d) GIARW

Answer key

  1. white
  2. ECPC
  3. Jupiter
  4. larva
  5. Atlantic
  6. SWG
  7. NESW
  8. stem
  9. one word holds a list
  10. green
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. saffron
  13. February
  14. first letters as a word
  15. OJSV
  16. flower
  17. Africa
  18. what each letter means
  19. North America
  20. RVSN
  21. AANSAEA
  22. OLRUS
  23. WNCJ
  24. PCKL
  25. RSLF
  26. indigo
  27. VFLBS
  28. PUBGI
  29. north
  30. Antarctica
  31. Pacific
  32. Indian
  33. NLPMG
  34. Earth
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. PAISA
  37. Southern
  38. ANGIS
  39. MVEMJSUN
  40. GIARW

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