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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 133 · 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: duck, jug, flute, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFJD (b) JDFK (c) JFKD (d) DJFK
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, sock, flute, net, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVFNG (b) GNFSV (c) VSFNG (d) SFNGV
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, onion, radio, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KORP (b) ORPK (c) PROK (d) OKRP
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, inkpot, whistle, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWLD (b) IDWL (c) LWID (d) DIWL
  10. 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, tomato, guava, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGUC (b) TCGU (c) CTGU (d) UGTC
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, anchor, inkpot, mango, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AIMSO (b) AOIMS (c) OAIMS (d) SMIAO
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, jalebi, tent, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WTJF (b) FJTW (c) JTWF (d) JFTW
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, spoon, whistle, inkpot, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIWSP (b) SPWIJ (c) PSWIJ (d) SWIJP
  21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, violin, duck, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVDG (b) GDVO (c) VODG (d) VDGO
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Europe
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, frog, inkpot, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIPN (b) PIFN (c) NFIP (d) FNIP
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, rose, spoon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJSV (b) RSVJ (c) JRSV (d) VSRJ
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, nest, coconut, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANCM (b) NCMA (c) MCNA (d) NACM
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, tomato, key, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKFW (b) FKTW (c) WTKF (d) TWKF
  33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, tiger, ant, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UATO (b) TAUO (c) TOAU (d) OTAU
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, drum, rose, bucket, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRBNM (b) NBRDM (c) DMRBN (d) MDRBN
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, violin, lamp, drum, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDLVC (b) VLDWC (c) VCLDW (d) CVLDW
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, pencil, shoe, kite, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JKSPI (b) PSKJI (c) IPSKJ (d) PISKJ
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic

Answer key

  1. DJFK
  2. VSFNG
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. Pacific
  5. what each letter means
  6. KORP
  7. egg
  8. SWG
  9. DIWL
  10. one word holds a list
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. CTGU
  13. JFMA
  14. first letters as a word
  15. OAIMS
  16. Mars
  17. condensation
  18. FJTW
  19. PAISA
  20. PSWIJ
  21. January
  22. NESW
  23. VIBGYOR
  24. AANSAEA
  25. Neptune
  26. stem
  27. OVDG
  28. Africa
  29. NFIP
  30. JRSV
  31. ANCM
  32. WTKF
  33. collection
  34. OTAU
  35. RSLF
  36. February
  37. MDRBN
  38. CVLDW
  39. IPSKJ
  40. Indian

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