Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 3 · 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) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
3. 3.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, frog, glass, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTGN (b) NGFT (c) TFGN (d) FGNT
8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
9. 9.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) indigo (d) green
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, igloo, vase, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVIS (b) SIVL (c) ISVL (d) IVLS
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, monkey, ball, jeep, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBJCU (b) UMBJC (c) MUBJC (d) CJBMU
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, goat, jug, shoe, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PSJGB (b) BGJSP (c) GJSPB (d) GBJSP
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, coconut, fan, net, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFNLS (b) SCFNL (c) LNFCS (d) CSFNL
14. 14.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Asia
17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, lemon, bucket, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABLK (b) LKBA (c) LBAK (d) KLBA
19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, coconut, lemon, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLCO (b) COLF (c) CLFO (d) OCLF
21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, rope, mango, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMRV (b) VRMU (c) RMUV (d) RVMU
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, goat, coconut, watch, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCWDL (b) GLCWD (c) LGCWD (d) DWCGL
24. 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, net, vase, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVNK (b) NVDK (c) KNVD (d) NKVD
28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lemon, doll, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBDK (b) BLDK (c) LDKB (d) KDLB
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, kite, monkey, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKMF (b) KMFT (c) FMKT (d) KTMF
31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) South America (d) Africa
33. 33.🔤 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
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, doll, apple, flute, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JFADN (b) DAFJN (c) DNAFJ (d) NDAFJ
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, whistle, onion, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOWU (b) WODU (c) UWOD (d) WUOD
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Europe (d) North America
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, tiger, jalebi, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TJKL (b) KJTL (c) TLJK (d) LTJK
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, cat, bucket, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTBV (b) CBVT (c) TCBV (d) VBCT
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, goat, parrot, urn, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKPUN (b) KGPUN (c) GPUNK (d) NUPGK
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, umpire, jalebi, mirror, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDJMF (b) UJMFD (c) DUJMF (d) FMJUD

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