Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 268 · 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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) indigo
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Earth
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
7. 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
8. 8.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) red
12. 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) yellow (c) violet (d) red
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, jug, candle, lemon, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JCLMP (b) JPCLM (c) MLCJP (d) PJCLM
19. 19.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Australia
20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, drum, ant, lemon, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOALU (b) ODALU (c) DALUO (d) ULADO
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, owl, igloo, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGIU (b) GOIU (c) UIOG (d) OIUG
24. 24.🔤 “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
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, tent, shoe, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPSO (b) PTSO (c) TSOP (d) OSTP
26. 26.🔤 “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
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ball, whistle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBWF (b) BDWF (c) FWBD (d) BWFD
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, kettle, duck, fan, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFDKU (b) KDFLU (c) UKDFL (d) KUDFL
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, tomato, cat, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UCTB (b) TCUB (c) TBCU (d) BTCU
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, whistle, net, owl, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WNOIJ (b) IONWJ (c) JWNOI (d) WJNOI
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, pencil, candle, orange, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUCOA (b) UPCOA (c) AOCPU (d) PCOAU
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, kite, needle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNKL (b) LKNR (c) KLNR (d) KNRL
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Saturn
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Europe (c) Australia (d) Asia
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, nest, anchor, ball, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCABV (b) NABVC (c) CNABV (d) VBANC
38. 38.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Europe
39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February

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