Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 269 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
3. 3.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
4. 4.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, apple, drum, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KDAP (b) APDK (c) ADKP (d) PADK
6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) red
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) root (d) flower
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, flute, anchor, wallet, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIAWB (b) IFAWB (c) FAWBI (d) BWAFI
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, radio, van, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RBVJ (b) JVRB (c) RVJB (d) BRVJ
10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) collection
12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
14. 14.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) larva (d) egg
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, shoe, doll, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMDJ (b) MSDJ (c) JDSM (d) SDJM
19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
21. 21.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, nest, radio, ball, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBRNU (b) NRBMU (c) UNRBM (d) NURBM
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, rope, pillow, jalebi, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPJWK (b) WJPRK (c) KRPJW (d) RKPJW
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, kite, violin, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KVIW (b) WKVI (c) KWVI (d) IVKW
26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, nest, jeep, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJNO (b) NOJV (c) ONJV (d) NJVO
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, drum, sock, vase, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSVIA (b) ADSVI (c) IVSDA (d) DASVI
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, needle, mango, owl, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNMOI (b) IOMNF (c) NMOIF (d) NFMOI
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, pencil, jug, net, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PJNAU (b) UPJNA (c) PUJNA (d) ANJPU
33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) stem (d) leaf
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, needle, van, ant, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TAVNB (b) BNVAT (c) NVATB (d) NBVAT
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, cat, umbrella, net, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUNJF (b) CFUNJ (c) JNUCF (d) FCUNJ

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