Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 439 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, sock, fan, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BSFU (b) UFSB (c) SBFU (d) SFUB
2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, doll, lamp, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DJLP (b) DLPJ (c) PLDJ (d) JDLP
5. 5.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) North America (d) Europe
6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, key, tiger, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATKU (b) UKTA (c) KTAU (d) KUTA
9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, orange, fan, inkpot, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSFIL (b) OFILS (c) LIFOS (d) SOFIL
10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, urn, goat, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUGP (b) UGPT (c) PGUT (d) UTGP
11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
12. 12.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) south (d) east
13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, vase, tomato, doll, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VATDW (b) AVTDW (c) VTDWA (d) WDTVA
15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, whistle, tent, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NTWP (b) WTNP (c) WPTN (d) PWTN
16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
17. 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Southern (c) Indian (d) Atlantic
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, coconut, ant, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GCAP (b) CAPG (c) PACG (d) CGAP
23. 23.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
24. 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
25. 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
26. 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, ball, umbrella, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BIUN (b) NUBI (c) IBUN (d) BUNI
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, drum, monkey, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DMNF (b) FDMN (c) DFMN (d) NMDF
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, lamp, anchor, ball, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LABWG (b) LGABW (c) GLABW (d) WBALG
30. 30.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) green (c) indigo (d) yellow
31. 31.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) February (d) January
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Neptune
34. 34.🔤 “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
35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, kettle, fan, needle, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KOFNT (b) TNFKO (c) OKFNT (d) KFNTO
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, tent, apple, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITAW (b) TIAW (c) TAWI (d) WATI
38. 38.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
40. 40.🔤 “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

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