Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 103 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) blue (d) yellow
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
5. 5.🔤 “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
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, inkpot, wallet, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWGT (b) ITWG (c) TIWG (d) GWIT
7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, tomato, ant, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VATR (b) TRAV (c) TAVR (d) RTAV
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, parrot, apple, fan, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSAFO (b) SPAFO (c) OFAPS (d) PAFOS
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, tomato, jalebi, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLJO (b) OJTL (c) LTJO (d) TJOL
13. 13.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
14. 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, umbrella, mango, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTMI (b) IMUT (c) UMIT (d) TUMI
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, ball, jeep, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJBW (b) BJKW (c) WBJK (d) BWJK
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, urn, shoe, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSUM (b) UMSP (c) USPM (d) MUSP
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) violet
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, candle, needle, kettle, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OKNCB (b) CBNKO (c) CNKOB (d) BCNKO
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, coconut, watch, jalebi, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWJMV (b) CVWJM (c) VCWJM (d) MJWCV
25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, tomato, pencil, mango, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPMGF (b) FTPMG (c) GMPTF (d) TFPMG
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, banana, kite, umbrella, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFKUC (b) CUKBF (c) BKUCF (d) FBKUC
30. 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, watch, violin, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BVWU (b) WVBU (c) UWVB (d) WUVB
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, mango, onion, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJOF (b) JMOF (c) MOFJ (d) FOMJ
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
34. 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, doll, umpire, watch, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWUDT (b) DUWAT (c) DTUWA (d) TDUWA
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, spoon, onion, jalebi, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSOJK (b) SOJKL (c) KJOSL (d) SLOJK
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, mirror, needle, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MNLR (b) LNMR (c) RMNL (d) MRNL
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
39. 39.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north

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