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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 695 · 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) March (c) February (d) January
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, watch, vase, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWVK (b) KVWJ (c) WVKJ (d) WJVK
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, duck, owl, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UODF (b) FDOU (c) DOUF (d) DFOU
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, anchor, owl, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SAOV (b) AOVS (c) VOAS (d) ASOV
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, mirror, orange, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LOMA (b) MAOL (c) MOLA (d) AMOL
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, lemon, pillow, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPIC (b) CLPI (c) LCPI (d) IPLC
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Asia (d) South America
  15. 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, kettle, lamp, umbrella, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKLUD (b) DULKB (c) KLUDB (d) KBLUD
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, violin, cat, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JVCT (b) VJCT (c) TCVJ (d) VCTJ
  20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, lemon, coconut, glass, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCGFD (b) LDCGF (c) FGCLD (d) DLCGF
  27. 27.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Australia
  29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, bucket, frog, ladder, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLFBO (b) BOFLJ (c) BFLJO (d) OBFLJ
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, sock, jalebi, ice cream, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJIMT (b) MIJST (c) TSJIM (d) STJIM
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, lamp, van, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVLK (b) LKVD (c) LVDK (d) KLVD
  34. 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, sock, cat, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCTB (b) SBCT (c) TCSB (d) BSCT
  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) saffron (c) green
  38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, ant, jalebi, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJNO (b) AOJN (c) NJAO (d) OAJN

Answer key

  1. January
  2. what each letter means
  3. JWVK
  4. MVEMJSUN
  5. FDOU
  6. NESW
  7. SAOV
  8. white
  9. AMOL
  10. JFMA
  11. Indian
  12. CLPI
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. Asia
  15. west
  16. AANSAEA
  17. first letters as a word
  18. BKLUD
  19. JVCT
  20. one word holds a list
  21. RSLF
  22. south
  23. collection
  24. flower
  25. Uranus
  26. DLCGF
  27. evaporation
  28. South America
  29. March
  30. Venus
  31. OBFLJ
  32. TSJIM
  33. KLVD
  34. the rainbow colours
  35. VIBGYOR
  36. BSCT
  37. saffron
  38. root
  39. Jupiter
  40. OAJN

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