Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 363 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
2. 2.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, guava, nest, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BNGI (b) GINB (c) GNBI (d) IGNB
7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) blue
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
9. 9.🔤 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) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
11. 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) green
12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
13. 13.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, nest, sock, guava, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTSGR (b) TNSGR (c) NSGRT (d) RGSNT
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
16. 16.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, mirror, key, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MAKT (b) TKMA (c) AMKT (d) MKTA
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, ladder, kite, radio, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LKRMO (b) LOKRM (c) MRKLO (d) OLKRM
19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, guava, candle, kite, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TKCGO (b) GCKTO (c) GOCKT (d) OGCKT
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Arctic (c) Pacific (d) Southern
24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LEPA
25. 25.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) stem (d) flower
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, ant, mirror, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMAF (b) FAMV (c) AFMV (d) AMVF
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) condensation
30. 30.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
31. 31.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, orange, sock, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JSOP (b) POSJ (c) OSJP (d) OPSJ
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, owl, sock, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCSJ (b) COSJ (c) JSOC (d) OSJC
36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, anchor, jeep, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJCP (b) APJC (c) CJAP (d) PAJC
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) GWS
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, tiger, urn, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUTG (b) TUIG (c) TGUI (d) GTUI
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, monkey, apple, banana, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MIABT (b) IMABT (c) MABTI (d) TBAMI

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