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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 574 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, coconut, mirror, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CIMV (b) VMCI (c) ICMV (d) CMVI
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, apple, needle, lamp, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLNAV (b) ANLFV (c) VANLF (d) AVNLF
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, radio, frog, owl, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRFOB (b) RJFOB (c) BOFRJ (d) RFOBJ
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  9. 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ball, candle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCAF (b) BFCA (c) FBCA (d) ACBF
  13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
  14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, glass, pillow, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDPC (b) CPGD (c) GPCD (d) DGPC
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
  18. 18.🔤 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
  19. 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  20. 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, drum, apple, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DASC (b) CDAS (c) DCAS (d) SADC
  23. 23.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, inkpot, tomato, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GITJ (b) JTIG (c) ITJG (d) IGTJ
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, parrot, mango, owl, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PAMOK (b) PMOKA (c) APMOK (d) KOMPA
  28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) indigo (d) violet
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, pillow, tiger, mango, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JMTPA (b) PATMJ (c) APTMJ (d) PTMJA
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, bucket, umbrella, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABUC (b) BAUC (c) BUCA (d) CUBA
  32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  35. 35.🔤 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
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, radio, inkpot, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIWC (b) WIRC (c) RCIW (d) CRIW
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, lemon, owl, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLOM (b) LFOM (c) LOMF (d) MOLF
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, drum, wallet, jug, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDWJV (b) DFWJV (c) VJWDF (d) DWJVF
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Africa
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, ball, jeep, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJTA (b) TJBA (c) BAJT (d) ABJT

Answer key

  1. north
  2. ICMV
  3. VANLF
  4. first letters as a word
  5. JRFOB
  6. Pacific
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. SWG
  9. green
  10. what each letter means
  11. JFMA
  12. FBCA
  13. pupa
  14. February
  15. DGPC
  16. ELPA
  17. AANSAEA
  18. RSLF
  19. precipitation
  20. Mars
  21. March
  22. CDAS
  23. one word holds a list
  24. ECPC
  25. PAISA
  26. GITJ
  27. APMOK
  28. blue
  29. APTMJ
  30. NESW
  31. ABUC
  32. Indian
  33. east
  34. Jupiter
  35. VIBGYOR
  36. CRIW
  37. FLOM
  38. FDWJV
  39. Asia
  40. ABJT

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