Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 17 · 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: urn, needle, ice cream, bucket, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIBDU (b) DBINU (c) UNIBD (d) NUIBD
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Asia
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, watch, jalebi, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOJV (b) VJWO (c) OWJV (d) WJVO
5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
9. 9.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
10. 10.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ball, kite, ladder, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBKLV (b) BUKLV (c) BKLVU (d) VLKBU
13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, parrot, ice cream, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGIW (b) WIPG (c) GPIW (d) PIWG
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, urn, rose, igloo, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NURIT (b) URITN (c) TIRUN (d) UNRIT
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, lemon, doll, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPDJ (b) JDLP (c) LDJP (d) PLDJ
19. 19.🔤 “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
20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) blue (d) green
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, lemon, mirror, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LSMW (b) SLMW (c) LMWS (d) WMLS
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, drum, cat, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCDJ (b) DCWJ (c) DJCW (d) JDCW
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, mango, candle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVCJ (b) JCMV (c) MCJV (d) VMCJ
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Australia
26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, sock, violin, drum, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSVDU (b) SVDUB (c) UDVSB (d) SBVDU
28. 28.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, ice cream, pencil, banana, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IJPBO (b) OBPIJ (c) JIPBO (d) IPBOJ
31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, violin, lamp, ant, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJLAD (b) DALVJ (c) JVLAD (d) VLADJ
33. 33.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
35. 35.🔤 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
36. 36.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ball, tomato, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTBD (b) BDTN (c) BTND (d) DBTN
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Australia
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) red (d) green
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, anchor, coconut, mango, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACMLF (b) LMCAF (c) FACML (d) AFCML

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