Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 151 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, whistle, kite, cat, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WKCTD (b) DWKCT (c) WDKCT (d) TCKWD
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
5. 5.🔤 “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
6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, kite, umbrella, wallet, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDUWB (b) KUWBD (c) BWUKD (d) DKUWB
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, rose, umbrella, flute, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TRUFO (b) RUFOT (c) RTUFO (d) OFURT
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) South America (d) Asia
14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, ant, net, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BANL (b) ABNL (c) ANLB (d) LNAB
16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
17. 17.🔤 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
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, guava, needle, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUNS (b) GNSU (c) UGNS (d) SNGU
19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Australia
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) North America
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, candle, van, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFVL (b) CVLF (c) LVCF (d) FCVL
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, goat, whistle, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWON (b) GNWO (c) NGWO (d) OWGN
27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Europe (c) North America (d) South America
28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, spoon, whistle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWSJ (b) SWRJ (c) SJWR (d) JSWR
34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Earth
35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, igloo, ball, fan, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFBIL (b) IBFSL (c) LIBFS (d) ILBFS
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, lemon, goat, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGVU (b) ULGV (c) VGLU (d) LUGV

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