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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 295 · 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 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, wallet, inkpot, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SIWT (b) WTIS (c) WIST (d) TWIS
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, kite, banana, shoe, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOBSN (b) NSBKO (c) OKBSN (d) KBSNO
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
  11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, apple, fan, jalebi, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJFAB (b) ABFJT (c) AFJTB (d) BAFJT
  13. 13.🔤 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
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, rose, flute, tiger, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFTJC (b) CRFTJ (c) JTFRC (d) RCFTJ
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ladder, net, coconut, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCNLG (b) LGNCU (c) LNCUG (d) GLNCU
  19. 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  20. 20.🔤 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
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tent, kite, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKTF (b) TFKN (c) FTKN (d) TKNF
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  27. 27.🔤 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
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
  30. 30.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, tomato, drum, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTDO (b) TDOC (c) ODTC (d) TCDO
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, bucket, net, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNKU (b) KNBU (c) BUNK (d) UBNK
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, banana, watch, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBWI (b) BWIF (c) BFWI (d) IWBF
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, bucket, guava, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGBV (b) BGUV (c) BVGU (d) VBGU
  36. 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern

Answer key

  1. March
  2. TWIS
  3. April
  4. east
  5. first letters as a word
  6. green
  7. Atlantic
  8. pupa
  9. OKBSN
  10. RSLF
  11. Antarctica
  12. BAFJT
  13. SWG
  14. JFMA
  15. MVEMJSUN
  16. CRFTJ
  17. egg
  18. GLNCU
  19. a list in a fixed order
  20. AANSAEA
  21. evaporation
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. FTKN
  24. NESW
  25. precipitation
  26. saffron
  27. ELPA
  28. larva
  29. PAISA
  30. one word holds a list
  31. Jupiter
  32. CTDO
  33. UBNK
  34. FBWI
  35. VBGU
  36. what each letter means
  37. stem
  38. white
  39. flower
  40. Southern

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