Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 365 · 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 rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
2. 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) yellow (d) blue
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, jug, kettle, parrot, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) APKJR (b) JKPAR (c) RJKPA (d) JRKPA
10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, owl, duck, glass, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CODGB (b) BGDOC (c) ODGBC (d) OCDGB
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, needle, watch, violin, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NKWVS (b) NWVSK (c) SVWNK (d) KNWVS
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, rose, ant, onion, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOARV (b) VRAOI (c) RAOIV (d) RVAOI
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, lamp, parrot, rope, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPRUG (b) LGPRU (c) GLPRU (d) URPLG
17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) South America (c) North America (d) Australia
18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, tomato, ice cream, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JITP (b) TPIJ (c) TIJP (d) PTIJ
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) green (d) red
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, mango, lamp, cat, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCLMA (b) MALCW (c) AMLCW (d) MLCWA
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, anchor, glass, orange, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAGOP (b) AGOPR (c) POGAR (d) ARGOP
25. 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, tiger, igloo, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTIB (b) TIBR (c) BITR (d) TRIB
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, whistle, rose, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WCRM (b) CWRM (c) MRWC (d) WRMC
29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
32. 32.🔤 “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
33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, apple, lemon, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MALD (b) AMLD (c) DLAM (d) ALDM
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, apple, fan, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFAO (b) AFTO (c) AOFT (d) OAFT
37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) blue (d) indigo
38. 38.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, rose, inkpot, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAIS (b) SIRA (c) RISA (d) ARIS
40. 40.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story

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