Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 14 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, umbrella, owl, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOUT (b) TUOW (c) UOWT (d) UTOW
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, duck, urn, inkpot, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSUIM (b) SDUIM (c) MIUDS (d) DUIMS
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) red (d) green
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, kettle, anchor, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAKD (b) KAFD (c) DKAF (d) KDAF
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
12. 12.🔤 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
13. 13.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
15. 15.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, key, needle, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWNL (b) LNKW (c) WKNL (d) KNLW
18. 18.🔤 “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
19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) west (d) north
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, jalebi, parrot, ice cream, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPIVT (b) TJPIV (c) VIPJT (d) JTPIV
21. 21.🔤 “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
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
23. 23.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, igloo, tent, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BITD (b) IBTD (c) DTIB (d) ITDB
27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) orange (d) green
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, onion, glass, monkey, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORGMC (b) CMGOR (c) ROGMC (d) OGMCR
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, cat, onion, key, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MCOKA (b) COKAM (c) CMOKA (d) AKOCM
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, whistle, umbrella, jug, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WGUJM (b) WUJMG (c) MJUWG (d) GWUJM
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
37. 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Venus

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