Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 301 · 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, coconut, tiger, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPTA (b) CTAP (c) ATCP (d) PCTA
4. 4.🔤 “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
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
6. 6.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
7. 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, doll, wallet, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDWB (b) BWDG (c) DGWB (d) DWBG
11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Africa (d) North America
14. 14.🔤 “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
15. 15.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
18. 18.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
20. 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
21. 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, ball, wallet, parrot, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BAWPU (b) ABWPU (c) UPWBA (d) BWPUA
24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mars
25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, lamp, kettle, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNKA (b) AKLN (c) NLKA (d) LKAN
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) January (d) April
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, net, lamp, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NLKG (b) GNLK (c) KLNG (d) NGLK
34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, rose, wallet, monkey, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRWMJ (b) RWMJS (c) RSWMJ (d) JMWRS
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, lemon, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKUG (b) LUGK (c) GULK (d) KLUG
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, mirror, flute, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFMK (b) MKFO (c) KMFO (d) MFOK
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, lemon, candle, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LFCS (b) SCLF (c) FLCS (d) LCSF
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, nest, jug, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OJNT (b) TNJO (c) NTJO (d) NJOT

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