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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 125 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, tiger, fan, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFCI (b) ITFC (c) CFTI (d) TIFC
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  4. 4.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Australia (d) South America
  5. 5.🔤 “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
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) South America (d) North America
  10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mango, anchor, glass, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MAGJB (b) MBAGJ (c) JGAMB (d) BMAGJ
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, mirror, urn, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCUV (b) CMUV (c) VUMC (d) MUVC
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, guava, rope, violin, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVRGF (b) GFRVL (c) FGRVL (d) GRVLF
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Australia
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jeep, shoe, monkey, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCSMI (b) JSMIC (c) IMSJC (d) CJSMI
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  26. 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  27. 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pencil, cat, whistle, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJCWG (b) JPCWG (c) GWCPJ (d) PCWGJ
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, mango, umbrella, parrot, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WPUMD (b) MDUPW (c) MUPWD (d) DMUPW
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, glass, frog, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOFJ (b) GFJO (c) JFGO (d) OGFJ
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
  34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, umbrella, tomato, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTNR (b) RUTN (c) NTUR (d) URTN
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, lemon, mango, sock, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMSNK (b) LKMSN (c) NSMLK (d) KLMSN
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, umbrella, lemon, banana, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URLBJ (b) JBLUR (c) ULBJR (d) RULBJ
  39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation

Answer key

  1. Earth
  2. ITFC
  3. January
  4. Antarctica
  5. north
  6. April
  7. leaf
  8. saffron
  9. South America
  10. green
  11. ECPC
  12. BMAGJ
  13. CMUV
  14. PAISA
  15. FGRVL
  16. collection
  17. flower
  18. Australia
  19. one word holds a list
  20. adult
  21. CJSMI
  22. SWG
  23. ELPA
  24. Neptune
  25. first letters as a word
  26. a list in a fixed order
  27. the rainbow colours
  28. JPCWG
  29. DMUPW
  30. OGFJ
  31. RSLF
  32. VIBGYOR
  33. stem
  34. Atlantic
  35. Mercury
  36. RUTN
  37. KLMSN
  38. RULBJ
  39. root
  40. condensation

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