Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 222 · 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) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
2. 2.🔤 “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
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
4. 4.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
5. 5.🔤 “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
6. 6.🔤 “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
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
9. 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, needle, ball, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VBNP (b) PNBV (c) NBVP (d) NPBV
16. 16.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
17. 17.🔤 “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
18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, pillow, goat, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDGS (b) PGSD (c) DPGS (d) SGPD
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, jalebi, lemon, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MLJC (b) CJLM (c) JLMC (d) JCLM
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, rope, urn, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJUC (b) RUCJ (c) JRUC (d) CURJ
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) indigo
24. 24.🔤 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
25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, monkey, cat, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSCU (b) UCMS (c) MCUS (d) SMCU
29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) green
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, anchor, ladder, kettle, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKLAS (b) ALKTS (c) SALKT (d) ASLKT
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, apple, jalebi, kite, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKJAI (b) AIJKF (c) AJKFI (d) IAJKF
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, monkey, spoon, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MSOU (b) OSMU (c) UMSO (d) MUSO
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, drum, apple, ice cream, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAIGK (b) KDAIG (c) GIADK (d) DKAIG
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, fan, igloo, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIKB (b) FBIK (c) BFIK (d) KIFB
37. 37.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, kite, watch, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWIR (b) KRWI (c) RKWI (d) IWKR
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) indigo (d) green
40. 40.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east

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