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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 104 · 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.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, duck, candle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFCA (b) ACDF (c) DCAF (d) FDCA
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, bucket, jug, mango, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBJMN (b) BJMNC (c) BCJMN (d) NMJBC
  10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) violet
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, lemon, rope, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ULRS (b) LRSU (c) LURS (d) SRLU
  13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  15. 15.🔤 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
  16. 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, apple, tiger, ladder, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SLTAR (b) RATLS (c) ATLSR (d) ARTLS
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, net, lemon, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLMF (b) FNLM (c) MLNF (d) NFLM
  20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) Europe
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, sock, key, duck, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDKSJ (b) SKDGJ (c) SJKDG (d) JSKDG
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, guava, mirror, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGMJ (b) GMJN (c) JMGN (d) GNMJ
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, glass, monkey, nest, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGMNR (b) GAMNR (c) GMNRA (d) RNMGA
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, rope, whistle, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRWF (b) RWFV (c) RVWF (d) FWRV
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, ladder, owl, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJOP (b) JLOP (c) POLJ (d) LOPJ
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, cat, parrot, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPKL (b) LCPK (c) KPCL (d) CLPK
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, monkey, whistle, vase, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWVGB (b) MBWVG (c) GVWMB (d) BMWVG
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, drum, inkpot, glass, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGIDU (b) DUIGP (c) DIGPU (d) UDIGP
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, frog, lamp, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLUT (b) TFLU (c) ULFT (d) FTLU
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection

Answer key

  1. January
  2. FDCA
  3. ELPA
  4. NESW
  5. egg
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. what each letter means
  9. CBJMN
  10. Earth
  11. red
  12. ULRS
  13. east
  14. RSLF
  15. ECPC
  16. green
  17. RATLS
  18. JFMA
  19. FNLM
  20. one word holds a list
  21. Mars
  22. MVEMJSUN
  23. first letters as a word
  24. AANSAEA
  25. precipitation
  26. evaporation
  27. west
  28. Australia
  29. JSKDG
  30. VIBGYOR
  31. north
  32. NGMJ
  33. AGMNR
  34. VRWF
  35. JLOP
  36. LCPK
  37. BMWVG
  38. UDIGP
  39. TFLU
  40. collection

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