Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 120 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, parrot, igloo, doll, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADIPU (b) UPIDA (c) PIDAU (d) PUIDA
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Europe
8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, owl, pillow, lamp, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SLPOD (b) ODPLS (c) OPLSD (d) DOPLS
12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, whistle, cat, sock, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWCSJ (b) JSCWK (c) WKCSJ (d) WCSJK
14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, apple, spoon, inkpot, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKSIV (b) KASIV (c) ASIVK (d) VISAK
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
24. 24.🔤 “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
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Asia
28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) indigo
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, goat, rope, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GROB (b) ORGB (c) GBRO (d) BGRO
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, lemon, coconut, ant, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTCAK (b) KACLT (c) LCAKT (d) TLCAK
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, owl, watch, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOWT (b) TWOS (c) OWTS (d) OSWT
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) North America
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mars
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, coconut, watch, violin, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWVIP (b) IVWCP (c) PCWVI (d) CPWVI
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jeep, shoe, monkey, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMSJI (b) JISMO (c) JSMOI (d) IJSMO
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, urn, whistle, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWIR (b) RUWI (c) URWI (d) IWUR
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, frog, key, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFKG (b) FMKG (c) GKFM (d) FKGM

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