Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 153 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, parrot, guava, apple, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPGAK (b) KAGPU (c) PUGAK (d) PGAKU
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) Africa
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, rope, whistle, sock, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWSAF (b) ASWRF (c) RFWSA (d) FRWSA
12. 12.🔤 “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
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, tomato, drum, ant, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDASM (b) TMDAS (c) MTDAS (d) SADTM
14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, rose, fan, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNFK (b) KFRN (c) RFKN (d) NRFK
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, vase, lemon, kettle, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVLKI (b) VLKIC (c) IKLVC (d) VCLKI
21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) North America (c) South America (d) Antarctica
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) indigo (d) yellow
25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, rose, coconut, owl, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCOPG (b) GRCOP (c) RGCOP (d) POCRG
28. 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, guava, umbrella, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGUK (b) GUKP (c) GPUK (d) KUGP
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, kite, jalebi, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJPO (b) KOJP (c) PJKO (d) OKJP
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Arctic
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, pencil, orange, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VPOC (b) POCV (c) PVOC (d) COPV
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, rope, wallet, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRWG (b) RDWG (c) GWRD (d) RWGD
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, monkey, candle, lamp, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ILCMS (b) SMCLI (c) MCLIS (d) MSCLI
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic

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