Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 215 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, mango, cat, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCMA (b) MACP (c) AMCP (d) MCPA
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, ant, igloo, tent, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) STIAB (b) ABITS (c) AITSB (d) BAITS
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
7. 7.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, wallet, needle, kite, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BWNKL (b) WBNKL (c) LKNWB (d) WNKLB
13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
17. 17.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, frog, umpire, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUFL (b) LFUR (c) FLUR (d) FURL
21. 21.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, tent, anchor, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTAN (b) TJAN (c) NATJ (d) TANJ
26. 26.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
30. 30.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rose, candle, needle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JNCRF (b) RFCNJ (c) FRCNJ (d) RCNJF
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, kite, rose, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BKRG (b) KBRG (c) GRKB (d) KRGB
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) green
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, spoon, urn, onion, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUOIB (b) SBUOI (c) BSUOI (d) IOUSB
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, ice cream, whistle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IRWJ (b) IWJR (c) RIWJ (d) JWIR

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