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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 791 · 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: drum, anchor, kettle, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKMD (b) MKAD (c) ADKM (d) DAKM
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  7. 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, fan, spoon, net, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGSNW (b) FSNWG (c) WNSFG (d) GFSNW
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, onion, vase, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVOC (b) OVGC (c) COVG (d) OCVG
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, radio, cat, nest, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPCNB (b) PRCNB (c) BNCRP (d) RCNBP
  16. 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  17. 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
  19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
  20. 20.🔤 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
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, goat, key, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKMD (b) MKGD (c) DGKM (d) GDKM
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) leaf (d) root
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, pencil, flute, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFGM (b) PMFG (c) MPFG (d) GFPM
  25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  26. 26.🔤 “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
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, vase, duck, radio, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDRLC (b) VCDRL (c) LRDVC (d) CVDRL
  30. 30.🔤 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) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Europe
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, pencil, frog, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPFT (b) PFTM (c) PMFT (d) TFPM
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, inkpot, nest, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWNR (b) RNIW (c) INRW (d) WINR
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, banana, frog, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFLT (b) TBFL (c) LFBT (d) BTFL
  39. 39.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic

Answer key

  1. DAKM
  2. JFMA
  3. east
  4. flower
  5. SWG
  6. NESW
  7. green
  8. west
  9. RSLF
  10. what each letter means
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. GFSNW
  13. first letters as a word
  14. COVG
  15. PRCNB
  16. adult
  17. north
  18. ELPA
  19. North America
  20. VIBGYOR
  21. DGKM
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. root
  24. MPFG
  25. precipitation
  26. white
  27. leaf
  28. MVEMJSUN
  29. CVDRL
  30. AANSAEA
  31. March
  32. Uranus
  33. Australia
  34. MPFT
  35. WINR
  36. Saturn
  37. Earth
  38. TBFL
  39. April
  40. Indian

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