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Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 164 · 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 colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  7. 7.🔤 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) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  8. 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mars
  11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
  12. 12.🔤 “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
  13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  14. 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  16. 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  18. 18.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, ball, fan, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNFL (b) NBFL (c) BFLN (d) LFBN
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, ball, jeep, violin, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFJVS (b) BJVSF (c) FBJVS (d) SVJBF
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) North America
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, flute, igloo, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIOA (b) OIFA (c) AFIO (d) FAIO
  24. 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, key, spoon, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KSVT (b) TKSV (c) VSKT (d) KTSV
  26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) blue (d) indigo
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) indigo (d) blue
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, fan, duck, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDTV (b) FVDT (c) VFDT (d) TDFV
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, wallet, ant, mango, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WJAMR (b) JWAMR (c) RMAWJ (d) WAMRJ
  38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
  40. 40.🔤 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

Answer key

  1. SWG
  2. what each letter means
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. east
  5. larva
  6. Southern
  7. AANSAEA
  8. flower
  9. PAISA
  10. Mars
  11. egg
  12. saffron
  13. Mercury
  14. a list in a fixed order
  15. first letters as a word
  16. root
  17. Arctic
  18. one word holds a list
  19. north
  20. NBFL
  21. FBJVS
  22. Europe
  23. AFIO
  24. February
  25. TKSV
  26. south
  27. indigo
  28. condensation
  29. orange
  30. March
  31. VIBGYOR
  32. January
  33. yellow
  34. NESW
  35. April
  36. VFDT
  37. JWAMR
  38. Earth
  39. Atlantic
  40. ELPA

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