Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 323 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, rope, onion, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SORD (b) DROS (c) ROSD (d) RDOS
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, lemon, ice cream, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LISD (b) DLIS (c) SILD (d) LDIS
9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, banana, rose, spoon, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBRSG (b) GSRBF (c) BRSGF (d) BFRSG
11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, duck, lamp, sock, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DALSR (b) RSLDA (c) DLSRA (d) ADLSR
13. 13.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
14. 14.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) violet
15. 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, fan, tomato, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTFU (b) FTMU (c) UFTM (d) FUTM
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, ladder, nest, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVNP (b) PNLV (c) LNPV (d) VLNP
19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, wallet, umpire, pillow, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWUPM (b) MPUWR (c) WRUPM (d) WUPMR
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, parrot, tent, ant, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IATPB (b) PBTAI (c) BPTAI (d) PTAIB
25. 25.🔤 “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
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, candle, jeep, ice cream, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CKJIP (b) PIJCK (c) CJIPK (d) KCJIP
27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
28. 28.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Arctic
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) orange
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, ice cream, vase, fan, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVFWL (b) WFVIL (c) ILVFW (d) LIVFW
32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
33. 33.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Asia
34. 34.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, frog, guava, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBGJ (b) FGJB (c) BFGJ (d) JGFB
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, nest, igloo, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NISP (b) PNIS (c) NPIS (d) SINP

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