Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 183 · 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) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) violet (d) green
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
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.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
8. 8.🔤 “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
9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, doll, violin, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDVO (b) DTVO (c) DVOT (d) OVDT
13. 13.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
15. 15.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, bucket, cat, violin, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBCVL (b) BFCVL (c) LVCBF (d) BCVLF
18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Mars
19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
20. 20.🔤 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
21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) indigo
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, tomato, net, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSNB (b) STNB (c) BNTS (d) TNBS
23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
25. 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, cat, needle, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNCM (b) CNUM (c) CMNU (d) MCNU
29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
31. 31.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, ice cream, candle, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWCG (b) GCIW (c) WICG (d) ICGW
34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, frog, vase, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFVA (b) FVAN (c) FNVA (d) AVFN
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ice cream, lemon, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IALR (b) RLIA (c) AILR (d) ILRA
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, sock, goat, jalebi, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJGSL (b) SGJBL (c) LSGJB (d) SLGJB
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
40. 40.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Antarctica

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