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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 583 · 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 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, net, pencil, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GPNJ (b) NJPG (c) NPGJ (d) JNPG
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  5. 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
  6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  9. 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, onion, umpire, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUKN (b) NOUK (c) ONUK (d) KUON
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, flute, vase, ant, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLVAN (b) LFVAN (c) FVANL (d) NAVFL
  19. 19.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, violin, goat, lamp, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVGLI (b) ILGVJ (c) VJGLI (d) VGLIJ
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  25. 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  26. 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, doll, violin, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVOT (b) TDVO (c) DTVO (d) OVDT
  28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, fan, rose, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARFB (b) FBRA (c) BFRA (d) FRAB
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, goat, onion, drum, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGODA (b) GRODA (c) GODAR (d) ADOGR
  31. 31.🔤 “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
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
  34. 34.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) green
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tiger, kite, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKSF (b) SKTF (c) FTKS (d) TFKS
  38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Uranus

Answer key

  1. January
  2. JFMA
  3. JNPG
  4. Pacific
  5. west
  6. Mercury
  7. egg
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. the rainbow colours
  10. Asia
  11. RSLF
  12. ELPA
  13. what each letter means
  14. one word holds a list
  15. SWG
  16. condensation
  17. NOUK
  18. LFVAN
  19. white
  20. collection
  21. ECPC
  22. leaf
  23. JVGLI
  24. VIBGYOR
  25. larva
  26. first letters as a word
  27. TDVO
  28. February
  29. BFRA
  30. RGODA
  31. north
  32. PAISA
  33. April
  34. violet
  35. NESW
  36. Atlantic
  37. FTKS
  38. evaporation
  39. green
  40. Neptune

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