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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 275 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) North America (d) South America
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  4. 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, duck, whistle, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJWU (b) JDWU (c) DWUJ (d) UWDJ
  8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  9. 9.🔤 “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
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, onion, sock, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSAI (b) ASOI (c) IOSA (d) OISA
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, lamp, guava, wallet, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWGLC (b) CLGWV (c) LGWVC (d) LCGWV
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ice cream, jug, fan, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJFKA (b) KFJIA (c) IAJFK (d) AIJFK
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) North America
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, rose, onion, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWOP (b) PORW (c) ROPW (d) WROP
  22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) orange (d) red
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, igloo, ant, rope, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IARBV (b) VIARB (c) IVARB (d) BRAIV
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, jug, needle, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNUM (b) UNJM (c) MJNU (d) JMNU
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, banana, frog, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFLG (b) BGFL (c) LFBG (d) GBFL
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Southern
  31. 31.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
  33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) South America
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, inkpot, shoe, kettle, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKSIB (b) IBSKD (c) ISKDB (d) BISKD
  35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, urn, jeep, monkey, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJMFB (b) BUJMF (c) FMJUB (d) UBJMF
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Europe
  38. 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron

Answer key

  1. Australia
  2. Pacific
  3. ELPA
  4. April
  5. JFMA
  6. MVEMJSUN
  7. JDWU
  8. first letters as a word
  9. saffron
  10. IOSA
  11. CLGWV
  12. Jupiter
  13. collection
  14. AANSAEA
  15. PAISA
  16. AIJFK
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. SWG
  19. Africa
  20. ECPC
  21. WROP
  22. orange
  23. RSLF
  24. one word holds a list
  25. stem
  26. VIARB
  27. MJNU
  28. GBFL
  29. Arctic
  30. Indian
  31. what each letter means
  32. root
  33. South America
  34. BISKD
  35. North America
  36. BUJMF
  37. Europe
  38. east
  39. green
  40. white

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