Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 306 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, banana, drum, cat, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBDCM (b) MCDBI (c) BDCMI (d) BIDCM
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, doll, jeep, flute, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFJDA (b) DJFBA (c) ADJFB (d) DAJFB
6. 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) red (c) violet (d) orange
7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, nest, sock, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSNR (b) RNSJ (c) NSJR (d) NRSJ
9. 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
11. 11.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
12. 12.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
14. 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, frog, anchor, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSAK (b) SFAK (c) KAFS (d) FAKS
17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
21. 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, monkey, jeep, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJFA (b) FJMA (c) MAJF (d) AMJF
24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
25. 25.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) North America
27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
28. 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, ant, bucket, jalebi, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MABJI (b) AMBJI (c) IJBAM (d) ABJIM
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, ice cream, lamp, duck, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TILDS (b) ILDST (c) SDLIT (d) ITLDS
31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, violin, mirror, fan, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMFDK (b) DFMVK (c) KVMFD (d) VKMFD
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, tomato, wallet, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMWC (b) CWTM (c) MTWC (d) TWCM
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) Africa
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, bucket, lemon, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OBLI (b) BOLI (c) ILBO (d) BLIO
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA

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