Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 316 · 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 long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, pillow, frog, kettle, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPFKJ (b) PFKJL (c) PLFKJ (d) JKFPL
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) red (d) orange
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, igloo, whistle, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWAC (b) AWIC (c) ICWA (d) CIWA
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pencil, igloo, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPIK (b) PIKF (c) KIPF (d) PFIK
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, doll, umbrella, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DBUV (b) VUDB (c) DUVB (d) BDUV
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, umbrella, monkey, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAMR (b) UMRA (c) AUMR (d) RMUA
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, rope, onion, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PROI (b) IORP (c) ROIP (d) RPOI
9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) green (d) orange
11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
13. 13.🔤 “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
14. 14.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, coconut, tent, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GTCB (b) BCTG (c) CBTG (d) CTGB
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, apple, goat, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ARGL (b) RAGL (c) AGLR (d) LGAR
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, net, tomato, doll, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RNTDL (b) NTDLR (c) NRTDL (d) LDTNR
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, frog, shoe, nest, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSNPU (b) PNSFU (c) FUSNP (d) UFSNP
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
24. 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Antarctica (c) South America (d) Asia
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
28. 28.🔤 “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
29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
34. 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
35. 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, duck, onion, tomato, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOTRW (b) RTODW (c) WDOTR (d) DWOTR
37. 37.🔤 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
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, bucket, radio, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRBM (b) BRNM (c) MBRN (d) BMRN
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) red (d) green

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