Mnemonics Worksheet: Acronyms

Memory techniques lesson 7: Acronyms · Set 469 · 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: lamp, net, radio, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ORNL (b) LNRO (c) NLRO (d) NROL
2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
3. 3.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) violet
4. 4.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) AEASNAA (d) ANSAEAA
8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) violet
11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Venus
12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, jug, goat, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JAGO (b) OGJA (c) JGOA (d) AJGO
13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, lemon, whistle, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWRB (b) BLWR (c) RWLB (d) LBWR
15. 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
16. 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Africa
21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, flute, pencil, whistle, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FBPWV (b) FPWVB (c) VWPFB (d) BFPWV
24. 24.🔤 “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
25. 25.🔤 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
26. 26.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
27. 27.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) February (d) April
28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, monkey, rope, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRMB (b) BMRF (c) MBRF (d) MRFB
29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, inkpot, violin, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVIP (b) IPVO (c) PIVO (d) IVOP
30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
31. 31.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
32. 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, onion, rope, violin, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WORVI (b) OWRVI (c) ORVIW (d) IVROW
35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, rope, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CARM (b) RMAC (c) RACM (d) MRAC
37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, doll, rope, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRCF (b) CRDF (c) FDRC (d) DFRC
38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, parrot, ladder, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLKG (b) PGLK (c) GPLK (d) KLPG
39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ

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