Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 276 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, apple, needle, coconut, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADNCV (b) ANCVD (c) VCNAD (d) DANCV
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
11. 11.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, orange, anchor, pillow, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OAPTK (b) TPAOK (c) OKAPT (d) KOAPT
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, urn, rope, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) URDV (b) VURD (c) UVRD (d) DRUV
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, key, frog, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KFBA (b) BFKA (c) AKFB (d) KAFB
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, candle, key, jug, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJKCT (b) CKJRT (c) CTKJR (d) TCKJR
19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) blue (d) violet
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
23. 23.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, mirror, shoe, pillow, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APSMK (b) KMSPA (c) MKSPA (d) MSPAK
25. 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) South America
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, jug, watch, tomato, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTWJV (b) VJWTN (c) JWTNV (d) JVWTN
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ladder, umpire, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLUO (b) OULP (c) LUOP (d) LPUO
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, pencil, apple, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PATV (b) PVAT (c) TAPV (d) VPAT
30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) yellow
31. 31.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
34. 34.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
36. 36.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) January (d) March
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, fan, mirror, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FMOG (b) OMFG (c) GFMO (d) FGMO
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, frog, drum, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDGK (b) FKDG (c) GDFK (d) KFDG
39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury

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