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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 555 · 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 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Africa
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  7. 7.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
  10. 10.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, lamp, umpire, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BLUG (b) LUGB (c) GULB (d) LBUG
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, violin, igloo, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VICF (b) FVIC (c) VFIC (d) CIVF
  19. 19.🔤 “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
  20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, cat, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBCD (b) DCBN (c) CBND (d) CDBN
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, duck, vase, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVDL (b) DVIL (c) DLVI (d) LDVI
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  24. 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, banana, fan, kite, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABFKD (b) BAFKD (c) DKFBA (d) BFKDA
  28. 28.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, tomato, cat, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCJG (b) GTCJ (c) JCTG (d) TGCJ
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) violet
  33. 33.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, candle, ice cream, watch, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCIWV (b) CIWVK (c) VWICK (d) CKIWV
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, whistle, jeep, ice cream, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJIMB (b) WBJIM (c) MIJWB (d) BWJIM
  37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, wallet, frog, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWFV (b) VFWA (c) WAFV (d) WFVA
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) indigo (d) green
  40. 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root

Answer key

  1. February
  2. Arctic
  3. first letters as a word
  4. a list in a fixed order
  5. North America
  6. what each letter means
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. egg
  9. RSLF
  10. Indian
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. collection
  13. one word holds a list
  14. AANSAEA
  15. BLUG
  16. east
  17. VIBGYOR
  18. FVIC
  19. green
  20. adult
  21. DCBN
  22. LDVI
  23. PAISA
  24. March
  25. Pacific
  26. blue
  27. ABFKD
  28. west
  29. GTCJ
  30. stem
  31. NESW
  32. violet
  33. root
  34. JFMA
  35. KCIWV
  36. BWJIM
  37. saffron
  38. AWFV
  39. orange
  40. flower

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