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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 885 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, goat, tomato, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTIN (b) NGTI (c) ITGN (d) GNTI
  3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, violin, radio, inkpot, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VURIG (b) GIRVU (c) VRIGU (d) UVRIG
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, bucket, ant, jug, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJABD (b) DBAJL (c) BDAJL (d) BAJLD
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, frog, igloo, tomato, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FITRN (b) NFITR (c) RTIFN (d) FNITR
  13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) North America
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, orange, cat, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCON (b) NOCW (c) OCWN (d) ONCW
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, drum, umbrella, lemon, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DULAP (b) PDULA (c) ALUDP (d) DPULA
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, anchor, shoe, umbrella, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVSUC (b) CUSAV (c) VASUC (d) ASUCV
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, vase, owl, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NOVW (b) WVON (c) VWON (d) VONW
  29. 29.🔤 “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
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, inkpot, ant, orange, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IAOGF (b) GOAIF (c) FIAOG (d) IFAOG
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, spoon, whistle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSWN (b) SWNF (c) SFWN (d) NWSF
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, kite, spoon, pillow, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPSKT (b) KSPCT (c) TKSPC (d) KTSPC
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, duck, cat, urn, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJCUT (b) DCUTJ (c) TUCDJ (d) JDCUT
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, umbrella, watch, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMWV (b) VWUM (c) MUWV (d) UWVM
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, orange, frog, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFOLA (b) LAOFJ (c) LOFJA (d) ALOFJ
  36. 36.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, ball, rose, apple, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BRAUN (b) BNRAU (c) NBRAU (d) UARBN
  39. 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, needle, jalebi, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJNC (b) CNJD (c) NJDC (d) NCJD

Answer key

  1. north
  2. NGTI
  3. January
  4. first letters as a word
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. RSLF
  7. JFMA
  8. ELPA
  9. what each letter means
  10. UVRIG
  11. DBAJL
  12. NFITR
  13. Antarctica
  14. ECPC
  15. NOCW
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. Uranus
  18. adult
  19. March
  20. SWG
  21. west
  22. one word holds a list
  23. April
  24. leaf
  25. PDULA
  26. PAISA
  27. VASUC
  28. WVON
  29. green
  30. FIAOG
  31. FSWN
  32. TKSPC
  33. JDCUT
  34. MUWV
  35. ALOFJ
  36. Mercury
  37. AANSAEA
  38. NBRAU
  39. south
  40. CNJD

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