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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 921 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, nest, watch, coconut, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGWCT (b) NWCTG (c) GNWCT (d) TCWNG
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, mirror, flute, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFMP (b) PMFJ (c) MFJP (d) MPFJ
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, cat, parrot, jeep, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSPJD (b) CPJDS (c) SCPJD (d) DJPCS
  8. 8.🔤 “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
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, jalebi, drum, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDTM (b) TDJM (c) JMDT (d) MJDT
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, inkpot, goat, frog, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVGFU (b) IGFUV (c) UFGIV (d) VIGFU
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, tent, inkpot, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MITJ (b) TJIM (c) JTIM (d) TIMJ
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
  24. 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
  25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, jeep, mirror, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLMO (b) LJMO (c) JMOL (d) OMJL
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, pillow, van, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVFI (b) PIVF (c) FVPI (d) IPVF
  30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) North America (d) South America
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) yellow (d) violet
  32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) North America (d) Australia
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, umbrella, rope, candle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNRCF (b) NURCF (c) FCRUN (d) URCFN
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, orange, rope, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SORM (b) OSRM (c) ORMS (d) MROS
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) orange (d) violet
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, umpire, mirror, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IMUT (b) TUMI (c) UMIT (d) UTMI

Answer key

  1. green
  2. saffron
  3. Mercury
  4. pupa
  5. GNWCT
  6. PMFJ
  7. SCPJD
  8. precipitation
  9. MJDT
  10. what each letter means
  11. Uranus
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. VIGFU
  14. JTIM
  15. MVEMJSUN
  16. JFMA
  17. VIBGYOR
  18. ELPA
  19. March
  20. a list in a fixed order
  21. one word holds a list
  22. stem
  23. egg
  24. January
  25. first letters as a word
  26. February
  27. LJMO
  28. PAISA
  29. IPVF
  30. North America
  31. red
  32. flower
  33. blue
  34. Australia
  35. SWG
  36. NURCF
  37. Africa
  38. SORM
  39. violet
  40. TUMI

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