Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 366 · 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 type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, monkey, umbrella, net, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OMUNG (b) MUNGO (c) MOUNG (d) GNUMO
3. 3.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, key, violin, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKVO (b) KRVO (c) KVOR (d) OVKR
6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Uranus
7. 7.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, guava, watch, anchor, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWAIP (b) IAWGP (c) GPWAI (d) PGWAI
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Africa
14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
15. 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, jug, lemon, fan, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLFRC (b) RFLJC (c) JCLFR (d) CJLFR
17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, net, rose, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRJO (b) ONRJ (c) NORJ (d) JRNO
19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Arctic
23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) February (d) March
24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
26. 26.🔤 “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
27. 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) blue (b) violet (c) green (d) orange
28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
29. 29.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Venus
32. 32.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
33. 33.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
35. 35.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, drum, apple, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UADL (b) DLAU (c) DAUL (d) LDAU
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
39. 39.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Jupiter

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