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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 997 · 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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  2. 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) Antarctica
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  4. 4.🔤 “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
  5. 5.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  7. 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, tent, doll, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDTV (b) TDCV (c) VTDC (d) TVDC
  10. 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, frog, ladder, doll, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFLDA (b) FLDAR (c) FRLDA (d) ADLFR
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, frog, ice cream, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FITG (b) GFIT (c) TIFG (d) FGIT
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  14. 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, igloo, banana, key, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBKMS (b) SIBKM (c) MKBIS (d) ISBKM
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, whistle, ball, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBWR (b) WRBC (c) RWBC (d) WBCR
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, drum, umbrella, fan, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDUFC (b) CFUDN (c) DUFCN (d) DNUFC
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, sock, kettle, pillow, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPKSU (b) SKPLU (c) SUKPL (d) USKPL
  19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, mirror, van, rope, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRVMC (b) MVRTC (c) MCVRT (d) CMVRT
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, jug, tomato, ice cream, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OITJG (b) JTIOG (c) JGTIO (d) GJTIO
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, wallet, banana, pillow, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IPBWU (b) UWBPI (c) WBPIU (d) WUBPI
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, lemon, guava, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGSM (b) SGLM (c) LMGS (d) MLGS
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, guava, lemon, drum, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLDJV (b) GVLDJ (c) JDLGV (d) VGLDJ
  29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
  30. 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, banana, cat, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRCP (b) PCBR (c) BCPR (d) RBCP
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Pacific
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  36. 36.🔤 “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
  37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) orange (d) indigo
  38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation

Answer key

  1. larva
  2. Africa
  3. Saturn
  4. saffron
  5. AANSAEA
  6. first letters as a word
  7. March
  8. root
  9. VTDC
  10. egg
  11. RFLDA
  12. GFIT
  13. one word holds a list
  14. a list in a fixed order
  15. SIBKM
  16. RWBC
  17. NDUFC
  18. USKPL
  19. January
  20. what each letter means
  21. CMVRT
  22. MVEMJSUN
  23. Uranus
  24. GJTIO
  25. UWBPI
  26. MLGS
  27. flower
  28. VGLDJ
  29. February
  30. pupa
  31. RBCP
  32. ELPA
  33. precipitation
  34. Pacific
  35. Mercury
  36. green
  37. red
  38. April
  39. ECPC
  40. condensation

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