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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 572 · 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 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, candle, watch, kite, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVWKM (b) MKWCV (c) VCWKM (d) CWKMV
  3. 3.🔤 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
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Australia
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, orange, lemon, candle, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCLOA (b) OALCK (c) OLCKA (d) AOLCK
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, cat, tent, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWTM (b) WCTM (c) MTCW (d) CTMW
  10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  11. 11.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  19. 19.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) violet
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, kettle, wallet, doll, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWDRP (b) PKWDR (c) RDWKP (d) KPWDR
  22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, sock, lemon, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SLCI (b) SILC (c) CLSI (d) ISLC
  26. 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, parrot, tomato, goat, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPTGJ (b) JGTPM (c) PTGJM (d) PMTGJ
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, candle, mango, tiger, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTMCS (b) SCMTF (c) CMTFS (d) CSMTF
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) yellow (d) blue
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, onion, doll, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWDS (b) SDOW (c) ODSW (d) WODS
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, jeep, van, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVJC (b) JVUC (c) CJVU (d) JCVU
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) violet (d) red
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, parrot, orange, jeep, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPOJV (b) POJVR (c) VJOPR (d) PROJV

Answer key

  1. April
  2. VCWKM
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. VIBGYOR
  5. Southern
  6. Australia
  7. what each letter means
  8. AOLCK
  9. WCTM
  10. evaporation
  11. AANSAEA
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. west
  15. east
  16. one word holds a list
  17. Atlantic
  18. first letters as a word
  19. egg
  20. indigo
  21. PKWDR
  22. precipitation
  23. root
  24. Jupiter
  25. ISLC
  26. larva
  27. JFMA
  28. MPTGJ
  29. SCMTF
  30. leaf
  31. January
  32. violet
  33. March
  34. north
  35. WODS
  36. green
  37. ELPA
  38. CJVU
  39. red
  40. RPOJV

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