Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 388 · 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 oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Pacific
3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
5. 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, tomato, watch, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TGWL (b) GTWL (c) LWTG (d) TWLG
7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, urn, kettle, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKUC (b) UCKF (c) UKFC (d) CUKF
9. 9.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, apple, guava, candle, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AGCNL (b) LAGCN (c) NCGAL (d) ALGCN
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, tent, cat, bucket, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBCTA (b) TACBP (c) TCBPA (d) ATCBP
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, apple, whistle, jug, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWJUN (b) UJWAN (c) NAWJU (d) ANWJU
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, jalebi, tomato, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SJTG (b) JTGS (c) JSTG (d) GTJS
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, ant, wallet, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVWM (b) MWAV (c) AWMV (d) VAWM
17. 17.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) stem (d) root
18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
19. 19.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) ASIAP
21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) orange (d) red
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, ice cream, watch, drum, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IWDCS (b) CDWIS (c) ISWDC (d) SIWDC
26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, rose, wallet, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRWA (b) RWAS (c) RSWA (d) AWRS
28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
30. 30.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) South America (d) North America
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, pillow, duck, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PDKW (b) WPDK (c) KDPW (d) PWDK
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, wallet, ladder, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWLB (b) WOLB (c) WLBO (d) BLWO
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, jeep, onion, umbrella, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOUWL (b) JLOUW (c) WUOJL (d) LJOUW
36. 36.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) South America
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, guava, cat, pencil, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCPDI (b) GICPD (c) IGCPD (d) DPCGI
38. 38.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) March (d) February
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) violet (d) yellow

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