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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 998 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, pencil, key, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKWG (b) PGKW (c) WKPG (d) GPKW
  11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) South America
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, key, onion, duck, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBODU (b) KODUB (c) BKODU (d) UDOKB
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, drum, banana, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMBC (b) DBCM (c) CBDM (d) MDBC
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, watch, tomato, onion, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJTOA (b) JWTOA (c) AOTWJ (d) WTOAJ
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) yellow
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, net, violin, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVCF (b) CVNF (c) FNVC (d) NFVC
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, apple, flute, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACFK (b) AFKC (c) KFAC (d) CAFK
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) green (d) indigo
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, fan, bucket, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDBJ (b) FBJD (c) JBFD (d) DFBJ
  25. 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, kite, igloo, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDIR (b) KIRD (c) RIKD (d) DKIR
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, glass, frog, sock, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASFGP (b) PGFSA (c) GPFSA (d) GFSAP
  32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Australia
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, igloo, jeep, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIJC (b) IRJC (c) CJIR (d) IJCR
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, candle, net, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWNJ (b) JNCW (c) WCNJ (d) CNJW
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rose, doll, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFDP (b) RDPF (c) PDRF (d) FRDP
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north

Answer key

  1. what each letter means
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. SWG
  4. the rainbow colours
  5. RSLF
  6. green
  7. Earth
  8. January
  9. JFMA
  10. GPKW
  11. Asia
  12. BKODU
  13. MDBC
  14. JWTOA
  15. first letters as a word
  16. yellow
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. larva
  19. white
  20. stem
  21. FNVC
  22. CAFK
  23. violet
  24. DFBJ
  25. one word holds a list
  26. evaporation
  27. ELPA
  28. DKIR
  29. ECPC
  30. AANSAEA
  31. PGFSA
  32. root
  33. PAISA
  34. North America
  35. RIJC
  36. Southern
  37. Neptune
  38. WCNJ
  39. FRDP
  40. north

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