Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 187 · 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: radio, coconut, net, glass, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RCNGL (b) CRNGL (c) LGNCR (d) CNGLR
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, pillow, watch, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBWO (b) OWPB (c) PWOB (d) BPWO
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, vase, parrot, coconut, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVPCA (b) VIPCA (c) ACPVI (d) VPCAI
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, kite, banana, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VKBI (b) KVBI (c) IBKV (d) KBIV
8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, apple, pillow, frog, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABPFG (b) APFGB (c) GFPAB (d) BAPFG
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, goat, umpire, mango, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJUMB (b) GUMBJ (c) BMUGJ (d) JGUMB
16. 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) South America (d) Africa
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) violet
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
24. 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
27. 27.🔤 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
28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, umpire, candle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SCUF (b) UFCS (c) UCSF (d) FUCS
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ladder, onion, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOLF (b) FLOK (c) LFOK (d) LOKF
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, apple, violin, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FVAK (b) AKVF (c) KAVF (d) AVFK
34. 34.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) North America
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Venus
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
37. 37.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, guava, drum, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDGL (b) GDVL (c) GLDV (d) LGDV
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, rope, van, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MVRD (b) RDVM (c) RVMD (d) DRVM
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, orange, key, tiger, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) COKTF (b) OKTFC (c) OCKTF (d) FTKOC

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