Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 229 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, glass, mirror, apple, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGMAK (b) KAMGD (c) GDMAK (d) GMAKD
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
4. 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, duck, rose, bucket, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBRDC (b) DCRBG (c) CDRBG (d) DRBGC
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Europe
13. 13.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, duck, guava, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGDO (b) DOGM (c) DGMO (d) ODGM
15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) green (d) violet
16. 16.🔤 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
17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
18. 18.🔤 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
19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Australia
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Pacific
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, ball, shoe, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMSG (b) MBSG (c) BSGM (d) GSBM
25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, kettle, apple, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAKL (b) KAFL (c) KLAF (d) LKAF
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, flute, drum, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PFDR (b) FDRP (c) RDFP (d) FPDR
29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
30. 30.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
33. 33.🔤 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
34. 34.🔤 “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
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, inkpot, lemon, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BILN (b) IBLN (c) ILNB (d) NLIB
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, whistle, van, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVIF (b) IVWF (c) WFVI (d) FWVI
37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, onion, tiger, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTOV (b) OTLV (c) OVTL (d) VOTL
40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva

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