Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 192 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
2. 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Africa
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
5. 5.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, mirror, drum, shoe, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMDSR (b) MUDSR (c) RSDMU (d) MDSRU
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, candle, rope, mirror, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMRCW (b) WCRMS (c) CRMSW (d) CWRMS
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, fan, drum, banana, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FODBW (b) FDBWO (c) OFDBW (d) WBDFO
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, banana, jalebi, ant, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BDJAO (b) DBJAO (c) OAJBD (d) BJAOD
17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Australia
18. 18.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Antarctica
19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
22. 22.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
25. 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
28. 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, ice cream, spoon, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RISA (b) ASIR (c) ISAR (d) IRSA
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, kite, apple, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKAP (b) PAKC (c) KAPC (d) KCAP
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, ball, umpire, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBUI (b) BMUI (c) BUIM (d) IUBM
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, duck, jug, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGJK (b) KJDG (c) GDJK (d) DJKG
36. 36.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) red (d) indigo
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, pencil, fan, mango, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFMCS (b) PSFMC (c) SPFMC (d) CMFPS
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, frog, net, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AUFNW (b) WNFAU (c) AFNWU (d) UAFNW
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) RSLF

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