Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 147 · 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: rope, ball, guava, lemon, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBGLT (b) BRGLT (c) BGLTR (d) TLGBR
2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
3. 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, pillow, mango, van, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMVDC (b) PCMVD (c) DVMPC (d) CPMVD
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, urn, kite, ball, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUKBJ (b) JBKUA (c) UKBJA (d) UAKBJ
6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
8. 8.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, fan, drum, umbrella, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUDFB (b) BFDUR (c) FBDUR (d) FDURB
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, tiger, sock, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DTSP (b) TDSP (c) PSTD (d) TSPD
12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, mango, key, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTKR (b) TMKR (c) MKRT (d) RKMT
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Australia (d) Asia
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, umbrella, tomato, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTUV (b) UVTK (c) UTKV (d) VUTK
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, onion, guava, coconut, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAGCF (b) OGCFA (c) AOGCF (d) FCGOA
28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Antarctica
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, mango, lemon, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMLW (b) WLMG (c) MLWG (d) MGLW
33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
35. 35.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, flute, ice cream, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIFP (b) PFIU (c) FPIU (d) FIUP
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, fan, pillow, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJPW (b) FPWJ (c) WPFJ (d) JFPW
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, urn, monkey, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMRJ (b) JUMR (c) RMUJ (d) UJMR
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February

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