Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 448 · 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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
2. 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Australia
3. 3.🔤 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
4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, mirror, violin, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVMT (b) TMVO (c) MTVO (d) MVOT
5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, bucket, orange, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BCOL (b) CBOL (c) BOLC (d) LOBC
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, urn, glass, tent, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGTVI (b) IUGTV (c) VTGUI (d) UIGTV
8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Europe
9. 9.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) January (d) April
10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) collection
11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) WSEN
13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, candle, igloo, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CVID (b) VCID (c) CIDV (d) DICV
15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, cat, violin, urn, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRVUF (b) RCVUF (c) CVUFR (d) FUVCR
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
18. 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
19. 19.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, tiger, shoe, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TSIV (b) TVSI (c) VTSI (d) ISTV
21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
22. 22.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
23. 23.🔤 “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
24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
25. 25.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
27. 27.🔤 “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
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, wallet, umbrella, banana, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WOUBC (b) WUBCO (c) CBUWO (d) OWUBC
29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) red (b) green (c) indigo (d) violet
32. 32.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, cat, glass, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGCD (b) CDGP (c) CGPD (d) DCGP
35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, duck, shoe, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSFV (b) FSDV (c) VDSF (d) DVSF
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, frog, duck, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDKA (b) FADK (c) KDFA (d) AFDK
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, umbrella, doll, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UDJT (b) TUDJ (c) JDUT (d) UTDJ
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, flute, inkpot, ball, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NBIFL (b) LFIBN (c) FIBNL (d) FLIBN
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Venus
40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white

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