Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 403 · 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 maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) indigo (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
4. 4.🔤 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) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, goat, parrot, jalebi, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NJPGO (b) GOPJN (c) GPJNO (d) OGPJN
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
9. 9.🔤 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
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, ant, ball, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ABRL (b) LABR (c) ALBR (d) RBAL
11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, mirror, tent, ball, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMTBO (b) OBTMR (c) MRTBO (d) MTBOR
12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Antarctica
13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Europe
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, anchor, wallet, pillow, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LPWAG (b) AGWPL (c) GAWPL (d) AWPLG
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, violin, jeep, urn, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUJVF (b) VJUPF (c) VFJUP (d) FVJUP
17. 17.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) North America (d) Africa
18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, owl, tiger, guava, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGTOR (b) ORTGD (c) OTGDR (d) ROTGD
25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, jug, vase, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BJVI (b) JVIB (c) IVJB (d) JBVI
28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) evaporation
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) APISA (d) AISAP
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, pencil, guava, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JPGN (b) PJGN (c) PGNJ (d) NGPJ
32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, radio, umbrella, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUIL (b) LRUI (c) RLUI (d) IURL
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, rope, apple, cat, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VRACW (b) RACWV (c) WCARV (d) RVACW
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, drum, owl, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SODP (b) PDOS (c) DOSP (d) DPOS
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, rope, pencil, umpire, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRPUC (b) RPUCK (c) RKPUC (d) CUPRK
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, tomato, cat, sock, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VTCSP (b) TCSPV (c) PSCTV (d) TVCSP
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, urn, anchor, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BUAD (b) DAUB (c) UADB (d) UBAD
39. 39.🔤 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) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter

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