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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 427 · 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) March (c) February (d) April
  2. 2.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  4. 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) pupa (d) larva
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ice cream, orange, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOUA (b) AIOU (c) UOIA (d) IAOU
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  10. 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) violet (d) yellow
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, anchor, candle, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMCD (b) DCAM (c) MACD (d) ACDM
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) green
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, tomato, lemon, fan, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFLTD (b) TDLFI (c) DTLFI (d) TLFID
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, tent, kite, coconut, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TOKCS (b) SCKTO (c) TKCSO (d) OTKCS
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) violet (d) red
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, whistle, fan, key, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWFKU (b) WOFKU (c) WFKUO (d) UKFWO
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  25. 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, bucket, radio, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRBV (b) VBRF (c) BVRF (d) BRFV
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, kettle, tent, wallet, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWTKA (b) AKTWD (c) KTWDA (d) KATWD
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, mirror, shoe, jalebi, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJSMT (b) TMSJK (c) MSJKT (d) MTSJK
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, duck, igloo, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDIR (b) RIDT (c) DTIR (d) DIRT
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
  34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) North America (c) South America (d) Australia
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, net, frog, lamp, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFLAK (b) ALFNK (c) KNFLA (d) NKFLA
  38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, ball, rose, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRKI (b) KRBI (c) BIRK (d) IBRK

Answer key

  1. March
  2. collection
  3. Jupiter
  4. green
  5. larva
  6. Arctic
  7. AIOU
  8. one word holds a list
  9. MVEMJSUN
  10. saffron
  11. red
  12. MACD
  13. first letters as a word
  14. RSLF
  15. indigo
  16. DTLFI
  17. ECPC
  18. OTKCS
  19. violet
  20. what each letter means
  21. OWFKU
  22. VIBGYOR
  23. condensation
  24. AANSAEA
  25. a list in a fixed order
  26. VBRF
  27. south
  28. AKTWD
  29. TMSJK
  30. TDIR
  31. NESW
  32. egg
  33. Earth
  34. February
  35. Australia
  36. JFMA
  37. KNFLA
  38. January
  39. pupa
  40. IBRK

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