Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 417 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
2. 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
4. 4.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, ball, tomato, mirror, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBTMK (b) BUTMK (c) BTMKU (d) KMTBU
6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
7. 7.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
11. 11.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, drum, jalebi, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LJDA (b) DAJL (c) DJLA (d) ADJL
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
15. 15.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
16. 16.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, watch, ice cream, lemon, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WILKS (b) WSILK (c) SWILK (d) KLIWS
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
23. 23.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, drum, rope, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRDT (b) TDRP (c) DRPT (d) DTRP
25. 25.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
27. 27.🔤 “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
28. 28.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, net, umbrella, monkey, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMUNF (b) NFUMA (c) FNUMA (d) NUMAF
30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, violin, frog, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVFR (b) RFVI (c) VIFR (d) VFRI
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, goat, rope, urn, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GPRUK (b) GRUKP (c) KURGP (d) PGRUK
32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, kite, doll, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKDS (b) SDKP (c) KDSP (d) KPDS
33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, lemon, apple, frog, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IFALK (b) LKAFI (c) LAFIK (d) KLAFI
34. 34.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Neptune
36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, nest, mango, tent, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNMTD (b) NFMTD (c) DTMNF (d) NMTDF
38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW

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