Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 207 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
6. 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) green (d) indigo
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, banana, goat, lamp, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BGLIK (b) ILGBK (c) KBGLI (d) BKGLI
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, pencil, glass, frog, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCGFA (b) AFGPC (c) PGFAC (d) CPGFA
12. 12.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, ice cream, monkey, pencil, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIMPF (b) IGMPF (c) FPMIG (d) IMPFG
15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, tiger, watch, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITWK (b) TIWK (c) TWKI (d) KWTI
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, violin, banana, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVBN (b) VKBN (c) VBNK (d) NBVK
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, coconut, guava, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWGA (b) WCGA (c) AGCW (d) CGAW
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, candle, drum, pencil, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CDPOW (b) WCDPO (c) OPDCW (d) CWDPO
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.🔤 “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
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, banana, igloo, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RIBA (b) BIRA (c) BAIR (d) ABIR
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, glass, flute, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFGV (b) GFPV (c) VGFP (d) GVFP
29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, key, monkey, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFMU (b) FKMU (c) KMUF (d) UMKF
32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Venus
33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) South America
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, glass, tomato, watch, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWTGL (b) GLTWN (c) GTWNL (d) LGTWN
38. 38.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, violin, doll, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDNB (b) BVDN (c) VBDN (d) NDVB
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA

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