Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 361 · 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 planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
7. 7.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Europe (d) Australia
9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) pupa (d) egg
12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, doll, spoon, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJSW (b) DSWJ (c) JDSW (d) WSDJ
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, onion, flute, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCFB (b) BFOC (c) OFBC (d) COFB
21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, monkey, whistle, inkpot, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MWIDN (b) NMWID (c) MNWID (d) DIWMN
24. 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
25. 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, coconut, goat, ice cream, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIGCR (b) CRGIF (c) CGIFR (d) RCGIF
27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, pillow, coconut, vase, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PCVGF (b) PFCVG (c) FPCVG (d) GVCPF
29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
30. 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Mercury
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, umpire, jalebi, frog, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJFBL (b) BFJUL (c) ULJFB (d) LUJFB
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, inkpot, coconut, watch, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IBCWK (b) ICWKB (c) BICWK (d) KWCIB
35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) orange
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, frog, radio, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRBM (b) FMRB (c) BRFM (d) MFRB
37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Earth
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, apple, ice cream, jeep, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJIAW (b) AIJBW (c) AWIJB (d) WAIJB
40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection

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