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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 527 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  2. 2.🔤 “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
  3. 3.🔤 “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
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  13. 13.🔤 “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
  14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  15. 15.🔤 “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
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, rose, umbrella, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGUC (b) GRUC (c) RUCG (d) CURG
  17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  18. 18.🔤 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
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, anchor, tiger, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATKM (b) KTAM (c) MATK (d) AMTK
  20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) Europe (d) North America
  21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) indigo (d) blue
  23. 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  24. 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, coconut, tiger, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COTF (b) FTCO (c) CTFO (d) OCTF
  26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, mirror, orange, frog, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGOFP (b) PFOMG (c) MOFPG (d) GMOFP
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, fan, cat, ladder, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFCLN (b) FCLNV (c) NLCFV (d) FVCLN
  30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) green (d) blue
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, umbrella, jeep, duck, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJDFT (b) TUJDF (c) FDJUT (d) UTJDF
  32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, kettle, banana, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKBV (b) KNBV (c) KBVN (d) VBKN
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, monkey, pencil, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPMG (b) MGPU (c) GMPU (d) MPUG
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, radio, monkey, vase, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMVGF (b) FRMVG (c) RFMVG (d) GVMRF
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific

Answer key

  1. JFMA
  2. precipitation
  3. saffron
  4. east
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. what each letter means
  7. ELPA
  8. root
  9. RSLF
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. collection
  12. VIBGYOR
  13. green
  14. Uranus
  15. stem
  16. GRUC
  17. one word holds a list
  18. NESW
  19. MATK
  20. North America
  21. March
  22. indigo
  23. the rainbow colours
  24. first letters as a word
  25. OCTF
  26. Earth
  27. GMOFP
  28. February
  29. VFCLN
  30. violet
  31. TUJDF
  32. north
  33. SWG
  34. west
  35. NKBV
  36. yellow
  37. GMPU
  38. FRMVG
  39. PAISA
  40. Pacific

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