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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 976 · 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: whistle, kite, nest, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WKNA (b) KNAW (c) KWNA (d) ANKW
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
  5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  6. 6.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, goat, mirror, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGMO (b) GMON (c) OMGN (d) GNMO
  9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) North America
  13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Australia (d) Asia
  14. 14.🔤 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
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, shoe, anchor, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUAI (b) IASU (c) SAIU (d) USAI
  16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Europe
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, pencil, guava, ice cream, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDGIL (b) LIGPD (c) DPGIL (d) PGILD
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) violet (d) blue
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, anchor, bucket, fan, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NABFM (b) ANBFM (c) ABFMN (d) MFBAN
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jug, mirror, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIMT (b) JMTI (c) IJMT (d) TMJI
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, jeep, monkey, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJMP (b) JAMP (c) JMPA (d) PMJA
  29. 29.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  32. 32.🔤 “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
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, mirror, candle, tiger, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCTDU (b) UMCTD (c) DTCMU (d) MUCTD
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, jalebi, tiger, guava, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGTJN (b) JNTGR (c) NJTGR (d) JTGRN
  37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
  39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation

Answer key

  1. WKNA
  2. ELPA
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. east
  5. February
  6. evaporation
  7. what each letter means
  8. NGMO
  9. Atlantic
  10. the rainbow colours
  11. first letters as a word
  12. South America
  13. Australia
  14. VIBGYOR
  15. USAI
  16. Asia
  17. DPGIL
  18. March
  19. Pacific
  20. violet
  21. NABFM
  22. saffron
  23. IJMT
  24. root
  25. PAISA
  26. south
  27. stem
  28. AJMP
  29. a list in a fixed order
  30. ECPC
  31. collection
  32. adult
  33. UMCTD
  34. west
  35. green
  36. NJTGR
  37. white
  38. SWG
  39. larva
  40. precipitation

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