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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 714 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Pacific
  3. 3.🔤 “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
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, drum, mirror, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMCS (b) CMDS (c) SDMC (d) DSMC
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  7. 7.🔤 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
  8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, cat, umpire, parrot, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVUPA (b) APUCV (c) VCUPA (d) CUPAV
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
  11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, violin, kite, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VUKR (b) VKRU (c) RKVU (d) UVKR
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, owl, jeep, wallet, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWJOB (b) BOJWL (c) OBJWL (d) OJWLB
  17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Africa
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, frog, ice cream, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIBD (b) BIFD (c) DFIB (d) FDIB
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
  20. 20.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.🔤 “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
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, inkpot, frog, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOFW (b) IFWO (c) OIFW (d) WFIO
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  27. 27.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) green
  30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, frog, tiger, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTRU (b) UFTR (c) RTFU (d) FUTR
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, cat, tomato, vase, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LCTVW (b) CTVWL (c) WVTCL (d) CLTVW
  34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, violin, parrot, apple, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVPAW (b) VPAWI (c) WAPVI (d) VIPAW
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, coconut, vase, frog, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TCVFG (b) GFVCT (c) CTVFG (d) CVFGT
  38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) violet
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, mango, wallet, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWCV (b) CWMV (c) VMWC (d) MVWC
  40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north

Answer key

  1. JFMA
  2. Pacific
  3. pupa
  4. SDMC
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. what each letter means
  7. ELPA
  8. east
  9. VCUPA
  10. AANSAEA
  11. one word holds a list
  12. UVKR
  13. first letters as a word
  14. north
  15. saffron
  16. BOJWL
  17. Africa
  18. DFIB
  19. RSLF
  20. a list in a fixed order
  21. larva
  22. PAISA
  23. yellow
  24. white
  25. OIFW
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. the rainbow colours
  28. blue
  29. orange
  30. Australia
  31. condensation
  32. UFTR
  33. LCTVW
  34. Arctic
  35. IVPAW
  36. SWG
  37. TCVFG
  38. red
  39. VMWC
  40. south

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