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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 713 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, lemon, fan, tiger, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJFTW (b) WTFLJ (c) JLFTW (d) LFTWJ
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) North America
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  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) saffron (c) green
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  12. 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, nest, tiger, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OTNU (b) NTOU (c) NUTO (d) UNTO
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, ball, pencil, jeep, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBPJI (b) BGPJI (c) IJPBG (d) BPJIG
  20. 20.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  21. 21.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) South America
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, tiger, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBAC (b) TACB (c) BTAC (d) CATB
  26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
  28. 28.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
  29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Australia (d) Asia
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, doll, shoe, mirror, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCSMJ (b) CDSMJ (c) JMSDC (d) DSMJC
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
  34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  36. 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, igloo, flute, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJFM (b) MFIJ (c) JIFM (d) IFMJ
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, net, rose, tomato, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDRTB (b) NRTBD (c) BTRND (d) DNRTB
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east

Answer key

  1. JLFTW
  2. AANSAEA
  3. Mars
  4. Pacific
  5. JFMA
  6. Asia
  7. ECPC
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. green
  10. what each letter means
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. Jupiter
  13. first letters as a word
  14. saffron
  15. PAISA
  16. UNTO
  17. VIBGYOR
  18. collection
  19. GBPJI
  20. April
  21. white
  22. January
  23. South America
  24. ELPA
  25. BTAC
  26. evaporation
  27. SWG
  28. stem
  29. one word holds a list
  30. Australia
  31. MVEMJSUN
  32. CDSMJ
  33. February
  34. larva
  35. Venus
  36. yellow
  37. JIFM
  38. DNRTB
  39. Neptune
  40. south

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